Gais

Gais is a village and a municipality in the canton of in Switzerland. The area of Gais is 21.21 km2. In 1977, the village Gais received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.
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  • Village with 3,120 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 983 metres (3,225 feet)
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland
  • Also known as
    “CH3022”
    “Gais AR”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gäbris and Gais railway station.

Peak
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is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps…

Railway station
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is a railway station in the…

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appenzell and Trogen.

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is a village, though considered as a town…

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 5 km north of Gais.

Village
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Teufen is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 6 km northwest of Gais.

Gais

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Latitude
47.3625° or 47° 21′ 45″ north
Longitude
9.4543° or 9° 27′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FVF9F73+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240069031
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285884
Wiki­data ID
Q67171

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Gais” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gais”
  • Basque: “Gais”
  • Breton: “Gais”
  • Catalan: “Gais”
  • Cebuano: “Gais”
  • Chinese: “盖斯”
  • Chuvash: “Гайс”
  • Czech: “Gais”
  • Dutch: “Gais”
  • Esperanto: “Gais AR”
  • French: “Gais”
  • German: “Gais (Appenzell Ausserrhoden)”
  • German: “Gais AR”
  • German: “Gais”
  • Hungarian: “Gais (Appenzell Ausserrhoden)”
  • Hungarian: “Gais AR”
  • Hungarian: “Gais”
  • Irish: “Gais”
  • Italian: “Gais”
  • Korean: “가이스”
  • Lombard: “Gais”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gais”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gais”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gais”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gais”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gais”
  • Piemontese: “Gais”
  • Polish: “Gais”
  • Portuguese: “Gais”
  • Romanian: “Gais, Elveția”
  • Romanian: “Gais”
  • Russian: “Гайс”
  • Slovenian: “Gais”
  • Spanish: “Gais”
  • Swedish: “Gais, Appenzell Ausserrhoden”
  • Swedish: “Gais”
  • Swiss German: “Gais AR”
  • Turkish: “Gais”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gais”
  • Urdu: “گائس”
  • Uzbek: “Gais”
  • Uzbek: “Gays”
  • Venetian: “Gais (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Gais”
  • Volapük: “Gais”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gais”
  • Welsh: “Gais”

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