Azmoos

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Azmoos

Total population

1,687

Coordinates47.08°, 9.48°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Carl Garré

Swiss surgeon (1857-1928)

David Zogg

Swiss alpine skier (1902-1977)

A

Adolf Fäh

Swiss librarian, art historian and priest (1858-1932)

Anton Bon

Swiss hotel manager (1854-1915)

Sven Riederer

triathlete

H

Hans Eidenbenz

Swiss skier (1900-1987)

B

Bartholomaeus Anhorn der Ältere

Swiss historian (1566-1640)

B

Bartholomaeus Anhorn von Hartwiss

Swiss historian (1616-1700)

B

Bruno P. Zehnder

Swiss photographer (1945-1997)

Carl Zurburg

Swiss lawyer and politician (1859-1928)

C

Cosmus Freuler

Swiss librarian

Elmar Bigger

Swiss politician

Walter Gabathuler

Swiss equestrian

G

Gottfried Heer

Swiss regional historian (1843-1921)

Georges Eggenberger

Swiss politician (1928-2010)

Hans Rudolf Tschudi

(1641-1716)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Trübbach
  0.6 mi away · pop. 1,344
• Malans SG
  0.7 mi away
• Fontnas
  0.9 mi away
• Oberschan
  1.2 mi away · pop. 830
• Weite-Wartau
  1.2 mi away · pop. 1,316
• Gretschins
  1.3 mi away
• Sargans
  2.8 mi away · pop. 6,075
• Sevelen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 5,328
• Heiligkreuz
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,414
• Mels
  3.5 mi away · pop. 6,230
• Rans
  3.7 mi away
• Wangs
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,546

Browse all places in St. Gallen →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-24

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-24

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-09-23

brittle bladderfern

Cystopteris fragilis

Seen 2026-09-22

Oak Eggar

Lasiocampa quercus

Seen 2026-09-22

Feathered Gothic

Tholera decimalis

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Seen 2026-09-20

Fringe-flowered Gentian

Gentianopsis ciliata

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).