Berneck

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Berneck

Total population

3,289

Coordinates47.42°, 9.61°

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

Overview

Berneck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Johann Ulrich Schiess

Swiss chancellor and national counceler (1813-1883)

Prince Sixtus of Parma

Parmese Royal (1886–1934)

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Daniel Ott

Swiss composer and musicologist

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Emil Hardegger

Swiss politician (1881-1977)

Heidi Hanselmann

Swiss politician

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Sebastian Buff

Swiss artist (1829-1880)

Jakob Langenauer

Swiss politician (1913-1981)

Johann Konrad Sonderegger

Swiss merchant and consul (1834–1885)

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Annemarie Bischofberger

Swiss alpine skier

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Willi Walser

Swiss textile entrepreneur, mayor of the municipality, cantonal council and government council of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1921–1981)

Walter Gyger

Swiss diplomat

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Armin Schmid

Swiss politician (1916-2000)

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Paul Horsch

Swiss indologist (1925-1971)

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Anne-Marie Kuster

Swiss actress

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Pater Karl Stadler

(1921-2012)

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Konrad Schläpfer

(1871-1913)

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

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Heerbrugg
  1.2 mi away
• Balgach
  1.3 mi away · pop. 4,576
• Au SG
  1.4 mi away · pop. 8,655
• Widnau
  1.8 mi away · pop. 9,220
• Rebstein
  2.2 mi away · pop. 4,425
• St. Margrethen SG
  2.3 mi away · pop. 6,718
• Marbach SG
  3 mi away · pop. 2,118
• Diepoldsau
  3.4 mi away · pop. 6,066
• Rheineck
  3.4 mi away · pop. 3,250
• Ober-Lüchingen
  3.5 mi away
• Thal
  3.8 mi away · pop. 6,351
• Lüchingen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,637

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.

Books about Berneck

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers