Mosnang

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Mosnang

Total population

2,969

Elevation735 m

Land area50.46 km²

Coordinates47.36°, 9.04°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mosnang is a village and municipality in the constituency (Wahlkreis) of Toggenburg in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Isaak Gröbli

Philipp Müller

Swiss politician

Emil Abderhalden

Swiss biochemist and physiologist (1877–1950)

Eduard Spelterini

Swiss aerial balloon captain, aviation pioneer and photographer (1852-1931)

Notker the Stammerer

Benedictine monk and musician

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Adolf P. Steger

Swiss architect (1888–1939)

Andy Scherrer

Swiss pianist and saxophonist (1946–2019)

Notker Labeo

monk and scholar of the Abbey of Saint Gall

A

Arnold Rüdlinger

Swiss art historian (1919-1967)

M

Max Schatzmann

Swiss philanthropist (1916-2007)

E

Emil Mäder

Swiss politician (1875-1936)

H

Hans Jucker

Swiss art historian and archaeologist (1918-1984)

Heinrich von Hewen

Swiss apostolic administrator, provost and canon

R

Rolf Schrepfer

Swiss ice hockey player

N

Norbert Oberholzer

Ueli Witzig

Swiss designer

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

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Bütschwil
  1.5 mi away · pop. 3,550
• Müselbach
  2 mi away
• Dietfurt
  2.2 mi away
• Libingen
  2.4 mi away
• Ganterschwil
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,111
• Lütisburg
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,395
• Gähwil
  3 mi away · pop. 538
• Krinau
  3.2 mi away · pop. 278
• Kirchberg SG
  3.4 mi away · pop. 7,904
• Oberhelfenschwil
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,456
• Tufertschwil
  3.5 mi away
• Lichtensteig
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,900

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Recently spotted species

common ivy

Hedera helix

Seen 2026-09-17

Copper Chafer

Protaetia cuprea

Seen 2026-09-17

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

Seen 2026-09-17

Ivy Cellophane Bee

Colletes hederae

Seen 2026-09-17

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-17

silver fir

Abies alba

Seen 2026-09-17

common yew

Taxus baccata

Seen 2026-09-17

red campion

Silene dioica

Seen 2026-09-17

annual fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Seen 2026-09-17

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

Official Identifiers