Buchs, St. Gallen
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Buchs | |
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Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | Werdenberg |
Coordinates | |
Population | 10,352 (January 2004) |
- Density | 649 /km² (1,681 /sq.mi.) |
Area | 15.95 km² (6.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
- Highest | 2232 m - Glannachopf |
- Lowest | 441 m - |
Postal code | 9470 |
SFOS number | 3271 |
Surrounded by | Eschen (LI), Gams, Grabs, Schaan (LI), Sennwald, Sevelen, Vaduz (LI) |
Website | www.buchs-sg.ch |
For other places with the same name, see Buchs.
Buchs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
It lies on the border with Liechtenstein, next to the town of Schaan.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Buchs in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Buchs is a stop on the orient express: London-Venice
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