Buchs, St. Gallen
municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Buchs is a small city in Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Buchs SG | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Buchs SG  | |
  Buchs SG  Buchs SG | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′N 9°28′E / 47.167°N 9.467°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | Werdenberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Gut |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.95 km2 (6.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,232 m (7,323 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 441 m (1,447 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,654 |
| • Density | 790/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9470 |
| SFOS number | 3271 |
| Surrounded by | Eschen (LI), Gams, Grabs, Schaan (LI), Sennwald, Sevelen, Vaduz (LI) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Buchs, St. Gallen at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the city of Buchs (in German)
- Buchs (SG) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
