St. Margrethen

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Coordinates: 47°27′N, 9°38′E

St. Margrethen
Country Switzerland
Canton St. Gallen
District Wahlkreis Rheintal
Coordinates 47°27′N, 9°38′E
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 (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.