Sankt Gallen: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Saint Gallen
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 75,833
• Coordinates: 47.4239° N, 9.3748° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 155 km (96 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH): 16 km (10 mi), straight line
• Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, Germany): 29 km (18 mi), straight line
• Zürich Airport (ZRH): 62 km (39 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Haslen: 6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Herisau: 8.3 km (5.2 mi)
• Gossau: 9.1 km (5.6 mi)
• Appenzell: 11 km (7 mi)
• Arbon: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Winterthur, 50 km (31 mi)