Gossau SG

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Gossau SG

Total population

17,827

Coordinates47.42°, 9.25°

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

Overview

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

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Paul Giger

Swiss violinist and music composer

R

Rudolf Signer

Swiss organic chemist (1903-1990)

Johannes Baumann

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1874-1953)

H

Hans Diem

Swiss politician

Hans-Rudolf Merz

member of the Swiss Federal Council

Bettina Heim

Swiss figure skater

Emil Sonderegger

Swiss general (1868-1934)

Adolf Naef

Swiss scientist (1883–1949)

Mathias Rusterholz

Swiss athletics competitor

Beat Hefti

Swiss bobsledder

A

Arnold Koller

Swiss psychotherapist and psychiatrist (1874-1959)

Beat Forster

Swiss ice hockey player

C

Costa Vece

Swiss textile artist

Markus Zürcher

Swiss painter (1946-2013)

E

Emanuel Meyer

Swiss politician (1813-1895)

E

Ernest Schüle

Swiss ethnologist (1912-1989)

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

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Arnegg
  1.9 mi away
• Andwil SG
  1.9 mi away
• Niederwil SG
  2.9 mi away
• Flawil
  3 mi away · pop. 9,320
• Wolfertswil
  3.4 mi away
• Abtwil SG
  3.4 mi away
• Degersheim
  3.7 mi away · pop. 3,952
• Niederglatt
  3.8 mi away
• Gaiserwald
  4 mi away · pop. 7,495
• Waldkirch
  4.1 mi away · pop. 3,040
• Niederbüren
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,414
• Watt
  4.3 mi away

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

Trivittate Marsh Fly

Helophilus trivittatus

Seen 2026-10-16

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-16

Amber Wood Cockroach

Ectobius vittiventris

Seen 2026-10-14

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-10-14

Dog-rose

Rosa canina

Seen 2026-10-14

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-10-12

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-10-12

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-12

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-10-11

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