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St. Gallen

Capital	St. Gallen
Area	2026 km² (Ranked 6th)
Highest point	Ringelspitz 3248 m
Population (2003)	452,600 (Ranked 5th) 223 /km²
Joined	1803
Abbreviation	SG
Languages	German
Executive	Regierungsrat (7)
Legislative	Kantonsrat (180)
Municipalities	90 municipalities
Districts	8 Wahlkreise
Website	www.SG.ch

The Canton of St. Gallen (German: Kanton St. Gallen (help· info)) is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population as of 2003 of 452,600. The capital is St. Gallen. There are alternative spellings for the canton: St. Gall, Saint Gall, Saint Gallen. Image File history File links St. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... Location within Switzerland St. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... This is a lists of Cantons of Switzerland ranked by area. ... This is a list of Cantons of Switzerland by highest point. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the worlds oldest surviving republics. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... These are data codes for Switzerland. ... This is a List of office-holders in 2005 in Switzerland. ... This table lists the names of the executive and the legislative of the Cantons of Switzerland, as well as the current number of members. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... As of April 2004 there are 90 municipalities of the Canton of St. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Download high resolution version (708x922, 169 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links De-StGallen. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Location within Switzerland St. ...

Cities and towns

Cities (with more than 10,000 inhabitants):

• St. Gallen (70,000 inh.)
• Rapperswil-Jona (24,400)
• Gossau (16,941)
• Wil (16,443)
• Uzwil (11,997)
• Altstätten (10,372)
• Buchs (10,255)

Location within Switzerland St. ... Rapperswil is a small town in the canton of St. ... Gossau is a small city in the canton of St. ... Wil is a town in the Canton of St. ... Uzwil is a municipality in the Canton of St. ... Altstätten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Buchs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg, in the canton of St. ...

Geography

The canton is located in the north east of Switzerland. It is bounded to the north by Lake Constance (Bodensee). To the east lies the Rhine valley. Over the Rhine are Austria (state of Vorarlberg) and Liechtenstein. To the south, the canton of St. Gallen is bounded by the cantons of Graubünden, Glarus and Schwyz. To the west lie the cantons of Zürich and Thurgau. For other uses, see Lake Constance, New Zealand. ... Vorarlberg is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria. ... Graubünden or Grisons (German:  ; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ...   (French Glaris) is a canton in east central Switzerland. ... View from hiking trail between Ibergeregg and Spirstock Schwyz (German  ) is a canton in central Switzerland between Lake Lucerne in the south and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz. ... The Canton of Zürich (German: Kanton ) has a population of about 1. ... Thurgau (Thurgovia) is a canton of Switzerland. ...

The two half cantons Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden are completely surrounded by lands of the canton of St. Gallen. Appenzell Innerrhoden (German; French: Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland. ... Appenzell Ausserrhoden (German; French: Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland. ...

The main rivers of the canton are the Rhine, Thur, Linth and Seez. The topography changes from the plains, near river Rhine and Lake Constance, towards the mountainous areas in the south. About one quarter of the land is covered in forests and more than half consists of Alpine pastures. It has been suggested that River Rhine Pollution: November 1986 be merged into this article or section. ... Thur is a 131 km long river in north-eastern Switzerland. ... The Linth (pronounced lint) is a Swiss river starting above Linthal the mountains of Glarus near the Klausen pass and flowing from there north through the Glarus valley passing Schwanden, where it is joined by its main tributary Sernft, Ennenda, the town of Glarus, Netstal, and Näfels, from where...

History

The lands of the canton St. Gallen represent acquisitions of the abbey of St. Gallen over centuries. The canton of St. Gallen was part of the canton Säntis during the Helvetic Republic. This was only possible after secularizing the abbey in 1798. In 1803 the area joined the Swiss Confederation as canton St. Gallen. The constitution was established in 1890. Official seal of the Helvetic Republic (depicting William Tell). ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...

Economy

Agricultural activity consists predominantly of dairy farming and cattle breeding in the mountainous areas. In the plains fruit and wine production are important, but there is also mixed farming. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or more properly, an animal husbandry enterprise, raising female cattle, goats, or other lactating animals for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy for processing and eventual retail sale. ...

Industries of the canton include optical goods, pyrotechnics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Tourism plays an important role in the many resorts. There is a thermal spa in Bad Ragaz and a great number of winter sports facilities. Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, is home to a famous natural spring and is a popular spa and health resort destination. ...

Constituencies and municipalities

The canton is subdivided in following constituencies (Wahlkreise). The structure replaced districts (Bezirke) on January 1, 2003: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 507 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (885 × 1047 pixel, file size: 181 KB, MIME type: image/png) Karte St. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

St. Gallen with 113,019 inhabitants 

municipalities St. Gallen, Eggersriet, Wittenbach, Häggenschwil, Muolen, Waldkirch, Andwil, Gossau and Gaiserwald)

Rorschach with 39,395 inhabitants 

municipalities Mörschwil, Goldach, Steinach, Berg, Tübach, Untereggen, Rorschacherberg, Rorschach and Thal

Rheintal with 62,523 inhabitants 

municipalities Rheineck, St. Margrethen, Au, Berneck, Balgach, Diepoldsau, Widnau, Rebstein, Marbach, Altstätten, Eichberg, Oberriet and Rüthi

Werdenberg with 33,414 inhabitants 

municipalities Sennwald, Gams, Grabs, Buchs, Sevelen and Wartau

Sarganserland with 35,553 inhabitants 

municipalities Sargans, Vilters-Wangs, Bad Ragaz, Pfäfers, Mels, Flums, Walenstadt and Quarten

See-Gaster with 58,492 inhabitants 

municipalities Amden, Weesen, Schänis, Benken, Kaltbrunn, Rieden, Gommiswald, Ernetschwil, Uznach, Schmerikon, Rapperswil-Jona (separated until 2007), Eschenbach, Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel

Toggenburg with 45,381 inhabitants 

municipalities Wildhaus, Alt St. Johann, Stein, Nesslau, Krummenau, Ebnat-Kappel, Wattwil, Lichtensteig, Oberhelfenschwil, Brunnadern, Hemberg, St. Peterzell, Krinau, Bütschwil, Lütisburg, Mosnang, Kirchberg, Mogelsberg and Ganterschwil)

Wil with 67,416 inhabitants 

municipalities Jonschwil, Oberuzwil, Uzwil, Flawil, Degersheim, Wil, Bronschhofen, Zuzwil, Oberbüren, Niederbüren and Niederhelfenschwil

See Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen for an alphabetical list. Location within Switzerland St. ... Eggersriet is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Wittenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Häggenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Muolen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Waldkirch is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Andwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Gossau is a small city in the canton of St. ... Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. ... Mörschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... Goldach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... Steinach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... For other uses, see Berg. ... Tübach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... Untereggen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... Rorschacherberg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach, in the canton of St. ... Alternate uses: Rorschach (superhero), Rorschach inkblot test, Hermann Rorschach Rorschach is a city in the canton of St. ... Alternate use: The Thals, an alien race from the series Doctor Who Thal is a small village in Austria, near the city of Graz. ... Rheineck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... St. ... For other uses, see Au. ... Berneck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Balgach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Diepoldsau is a municipality in the district of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Widnau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Rebstein is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... For other places with the same name, see Marbach. ... Altstätten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... For other uses, see Eichberg. ... Oberriet is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal, in the canton of St. ... Rüthi is a municipality in the canton of St. ... Sennwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg, in the canton of St. ... GAMS can refer to: General Algebraic Modeling System, a mathematical optimization computer program and the company that produces it, GAMS Development Corporation Guide to Available Mathematical Software, a project of the National Institute of Standards and Technology This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might... Grabs Grabs are the essence of boardsports which really allow riders to define their style. ... Buchs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg, in the canton of St. ... Sevelen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg, in the canton of St. ... Wartau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg, in the canton of St. ... Sargans with its castle (August 2002 image) Sargans is a locality in Switzerland. ... Vilters-Wangs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. ... Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, is home to a famous natural spring and is a popular spa and health resort destination. ... Pfäfers is a village in Canton of St. ... Mels is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. ... Flums is a small village in the canton of St. ... Walenstadt Walenstadt is a Swiss commune in St. ... Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. ... Amden is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Weesen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Schänis is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Benken is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Kaltbrunn is a village in Sankt Gallen Kanton, Switzerland at 47° 13 N and 9° 2 E. Kaltbrunn has 3771 inhabitants and a surface-area of 18. ... Rieden is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. ... Gommiswald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Ernetschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Uznach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Schmerikon is a municipality near Rapperswil, Switzerland. ... Rapperswil is a small town in the canton of St. ... Eschenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. ... Goldingen is a municipality in the canton of St. ... St. ... Toggenburg is the name given to the upper valley of the river Thur, in the Swiss Canton of St. ... Wildhaus is a village and resort for summer and winter vacations in the Canton of St. ... Alt St. ... For other uses, see Stein. ... Krummenau is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Ebnat-Kappel is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Wattwil is a municipality in the district of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Lichtensteig is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Oberhelfenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Brunnadern is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Hemberg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... St. ... Krinau is a village in the canton of St. ... Bütschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Lütisburg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Mosnang is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... For other places with the same name, see Kirchberg. ... Mogelsberg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Ganterschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg, in the canton of St. ... Jonschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Oberuzwil viewed from one of its three hills The municipality of Oberuzwil is located in the Western part of Switzerlands Canton St. ... Uzwil is a municipality in the Canton of St. ... Flawil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Degersheim is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Wil is a town in the Canton of St. ... Bronschhofen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Zuzwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Oberbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Niederbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... Niederhelfenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil, in the canton of St. ... As of April 2004 there are 90 municipalities of the Canton of St. ...

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