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Gams

Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in .
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  • Type: Village with 2,870 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH3272” and “Gams SG”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hohensax Castle and Frischenberg Castle.

Castle
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Hohensax is a ruined castle in the municipality in the canton St. Gallen. The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446.

Castle
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Frischenberg is a ruined castle in , , Switzerland. It was built in the early 14th century by the lords of Hohensax, probably by Ulrich III von Hohensax some time after 1313.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schaan and Grabs.

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is the largest municipality of by population. It is located to the north of , the capital, in the central part of the country.

Village
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of in .

Town
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . It serves as an important economic and transport hub, situated on the border with . officially became a town in 2002. is situated 5 km southeast of Gams.

Gams

Latitude
47.2054° or 47° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
9.4421° or 9° 26′ 32″ east
Population
2,870
Elevation
718 metres (2,356 feet)
Open location code
8FVF6C4R+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32516565
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285891
Wiki­data ID
Q67315
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Gams” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gams”
  • Breton: “Gams”
  • Catalan: “Gams”
  • Cebuano: “Gams (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Gams”
  • Chinese: “加姆斯”
  • Croatian: “Gams”
  • Czech: “Gams”
  • Dutch: “Gams”
  • Esperanto: “Gams”
  • French: “Gams SG”
  • French: “Gams”
  • German: “Gams (Kanton St. Gallen)”
  • German: “Gams SG”
  • German: “Gams”
  • Hungarian: “Gams”
  • Irish: “Gams”
  • Italian: “Gams”
  • Kazakh: “Гамс”
  • Lombard: “Gams”
  • Malay: “Gams”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gams i St. Gallen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gams”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gams”
  • Piemontese: “Gams”
  • Polish: “Gams”
  • Portuguese: “Gams”
  • Russian: “Гамс”
  • Slovak: “Gams”
  • Spanish: “Gams”
  • Swedish: “Gams”
  • Swiss German: “Gams SG”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gams SG”
  • Turkish: “Gams”
  • Ukrainian: “Гамс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gams”
  • Uzbek: “Gams”
  • Venetian: “Gams (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Gams”
  • Volapük: “Gams”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gams”
  • Welsh: “Gams”

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