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Wildhaus Alt St. Johann

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Country
  
Switzerland

Elevation
  
895 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:49 AM

Sfos number
  
3359

Canton
  
St. Gallen

Area
  
87.53 km²

District
  
Toggenburg

Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann

Postal code
  
9656 Alt St. Johann 9658 Wildhaus

Surrounded by
  
Amden, Grabs, Nesslau-Krummenau, Quarten, Stein, Walenstadt

Website
  
www.wildhaus-altstjohann.ch SFSO statistics

Weather
  
8°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 86% Humidity

Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2010 through the merger of Alt St. Johann and Wildhaus.

Contents

Map of 9656 Wildhaus-Alt St Johann, Switzerland

Demographics

The former municipalities that would become Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann had a combined population of 2,667 (as of December 2015).

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following table:

Weather

Wildhaus has an average of 157 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1,640 mm (65 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Wildhaus receives an average of 202 mm (8.0 in) of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 15.8, but with only 199 mm (7.8 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is October with an average of 100 mm (3.9 in) of precipitation over 14.7 days.

Heritage sites of national significance

The paleolithic cave, Wildenmannlisloch in Alt St. Johann and the birthplace of the Reformer Huldrych Zwingli at Lisighus 167 in Wildhaus are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

References

Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann Wikipedia