St. Margrethen
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St. Margrethen | |
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Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | Wahlkreis Rheintal |
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Population | 5,324 (January 2004) |
- Density | 777 /km² (2,013 /sq.mi.) |
Area | 6.85 km² (2.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
Postal code | 9430 |
SFOS number | 3236 |
Surrounded by | Au, Gaißau (AT-8), Höchst (AT-8), Lustenau (AT-8), Lutzenberg (AR), Rheineck, Walzenhausen (AR) |
Website | www.stmargrethen.ch |
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.
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