St. Margrethen

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Coordinates: 47°27′N 9°38′E

St. Margrethen
Canton St. Gallen
District Wahlkreis Rheintal
Coordinates  47°27′N 9°38′E
Population 5,324   (January 2004)
Area 6.85 km²
Elevation 402 m
Postal code 9430
SFOS number 3236
Website www.stmargrethen.ch
St. Margrethen (Switzerland)
St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen

St. Margrethen (Saint Margrethen/Sankt Margrethen) is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

It has 5300 inhabitants.

It is close to Austria and Germany and acts as a border town with Austria.

Currently only a normal road links St. Margrethen with Austria. As a result the town is at times clogged up with traffic before the customs posts. A motorway link has long been projected, to link the pathways to Zurich and Munich.

It is also where the A1 motorway becomes the A13 motorway.