Wartau

Wartau
Municipality
View of the ruined Wartau castle, looking south-east across the Rhine Valley towards Mittagspitz
View of the ruined Wartau castle, looking south-east across the Rhine Valley towards Mittagspitz
Coat of arms of Wartau
Coat of arms
Location of Wartau
Map
Wartau is located in Switzerland
Wartau
Wartau
Wartau is located in Canton of St. Gallen
Wartau
Wartau
Coordinates: 47°5′N 9°29′E / 47.083°N 9.483°E / 47.083; 9.483
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSt. Gallen
DistrictWerdenberg
Government
 • MayorAndreas Bernold
Area
[1]
 • Total41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Elevation
468 m (1,535 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total5,297
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
9476-9479
SFOS number3276
ISO 3166 codeCH-SG
Surrounded byBalzers (LI), Flums, Mels, Sargans, Sevelen, Triesen (LI), Walenstadt
Websitewww.wartau.ch
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Wartau is a municipality in the Werdenberg constituency of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The municipality consists of a number of villages on the eastern flank of the Alvier group, along the left shore of the Alpine Rhine.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.