Thal, Switzerland
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Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | Wahlkreis Rorschach |
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Population | 5,968 (January 2004) |
- Density | 623 /km² (1,613 /sq.mi.) |
Area | 9.58 km² (3.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
Postal code | 9425 |
SFOS number | 3237 |
Surrounded by | Fußach (AT-8), Gaißau (AT-8), Heiden (AR), Höchst (AT-8), Horn (TG), Lutzenberg (AR), Nonnenhorn (DE-BY), Rheineck, Rorschacherberg, Wasserburg (Bodensee) (DE-BY), Wolfhalden (AR) |
Website | www.thal.ch |
Thal is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Its area of 9.7 km² includes Altenrhein and Staad on Lake Constance. The population is approx. 5900 as of 2000.
In the North and East, the municipality borders the old bed of the Rhine river (Alter Rhein) and Austria.
Altenrhein airport is located in the municipality.
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