Wartau
Wartau | |
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View of the ruined Wartau castle, looking south-east across the Rhine Valley towards Mittagspitz | |
Location of Wartau | |
| Coordinates: 47°5′N 9°29′E / 47.083°N 9.483°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | Werdenberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andreas Bernold |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 468 m (1,535 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 5,297 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9476-9479 |
| SFOS number | 3276 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
| Surrounded by | Balzers (LI), Flums, Mels, Sargans, Sevelen, Triesen (LI), Walenstadt |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Wartau is a municipality in the Werdenberg constituency of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The municipality consists of a number of villages on the eastern flank of the Alvier group, along the left shore of the Alpine Rhine.