Sargans

Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in . Sargans is known for its , which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291.
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  • Type: Village with 6,080 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Sargans SG”
  • Postal code: 7320
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sargans railway station and Sargans Castle.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Sargans, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and eastern terminus of the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. It is served by local, regional, and long-distance trains.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of Sargans of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Peak
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The is a 1,830 metres high mountain of the Appenzell Alps, overlooking the Rhine Valley above Sargans, in the , Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mels and Wangs.

Village
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the , canton of St. Gallen, .

Village
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is a village.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Sargans

Latitude
47.0483° or 47° 2′ 54″ north
Longitude
9.4402° or 9° 26′ 25″ east
Population
6,080
Elevation
487 metres (1,598 feet)
IATA airport code
ZKA
United Nations Location Code
CH SAR
Open location code
8FVF2CXR+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30811583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2658793
Wiki­data ID
Q64571
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sargans” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sargans”
  • Armenian: “Զարգանս”
  • Basque: “Sargans”
  • Breton: “Sargans”
  • Catalan: “Sargans”
  • Cebuano: “Sargans (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Sargans”
  • Chinese: “萨尔甘斯”
  • Chinese: “薩爾甘斯”
  • Chinese: “薩甘斯”
  • Czech: “Sargans”
  • Dutch: “Sargans”
  • Esperanto: “Sargans”
  • Esperanto: “Sarganso”
  • Finnish: “Sargans”
  • French: “Sargans”
  • German: “Gemeinde in der Südostschweiz”
  • German: “Sargans”
  • Hungarian: “Sargans”
  • Indonesian: “Sargans”
  • Irish: “Sargans”
  • Italian: “Sargans”
  • Japanese: “サルガンス”
  • Japanese: “ザルガンス”
  • Kazakh: “Зарганс”
  • Korean: “자르간스”
  • Kurdish: “Sargans”
  • Latin: “Senegaunis”
  • Lombard: “Sargans”
  • Malay: “Sargans”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sargans”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sargans”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sargans”
  • Persian: “سرگان”
  • Piemontese: “Sargans”
  • Polish: “Sargans”
  • Portuguese: “Sargans”
  • Romanian: “Sargans”
  • Russian: “Зарганс”
  • Serbian: “Сарганс (град)”
  • Serbian: “Сарганс”
  • Spanish: “Sargans”
  • Swedish: “Sargans”
  • Swiss German: “Sargaas”
  • Swiss German: “Sargans”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Sargans”
  • Turkish: “Sargans”
  • Ukrainian: “Зарганс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sargans”
  • Urdu: “سارگانز”
  • Uzbek: “Sargans”
  • Uzbek: “Zargans”
  • Uzbek: “Зарганс”
  • Venetian: “Sargans”
  • Vietnamese: “Sargans”
  • Volapük: “Sargans”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sargans”
  • Welsh: “Sargans”

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