Altstätten
Altstätten | |
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Location of Altstätten | |
| Coordinates: 47°23′N 9°33′E / 47.383°N 9.550°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | Rheintal |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Ruedi Mattle Ind. (as of March 2014) |
| • Parliament | none (Bürgerversammlung) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.11 km2 (15.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Cross of Rorschacher- and Churerstrasse)) | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 11,730 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Altstätter(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9450 |
| SFOS number | 3251 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
| Localities | Lüchingen, Hueb, Unter-Kobelwies, Kornberg, Gätziberg, Warmesberg, Hinterforst Lienz, Plona |
| Surrounded by | Eichberg, Feldkirch (AT-8), Gais (AR), Marbach, Oberegg (AI), Oberriet, Ruggell (LI), Rüte (AI), Rüthi, Sennwald, Trogen (AR) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a municipality in the district Rhine Valley, in the canton of St. Gall in Switzerland. It is located with some secure distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west from the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Gall Rhine Valley, which also designates the border with Austria. It further gives access to the higher situated Appenzell to the west.
The official language of Altstätten is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.