St. Gallen
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Summary
St. Gallen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,122 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: European City of the Reformation[3]
- Member of: Climate Alliance[4], KlimaBündnis-Städte Schweiz[5], International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities[6], University of Teacher Education in Special Needs[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: St. Gallen Constituency[8]
- Country: Switzerland[9]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sitter[10]
- Head of government: Thomas Scheitlin[11], Maria Pappa[12]
- Instance of: cantonal capital of Switzerland[13], college town[14], city of Switzerland[15]
- Official language: German[16]
- Shares border with: Gossau[17], Herisau[18], Mörschwil[19], Untereggen[20], Wittenbach[21], Eggersriet[22], Gaiserwald[23], Stein[24], Teufen[25], Speicher[26]
- Named after: Saint Gall[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Liberec[28]
- Postal code: 9000[29]
- Commons category: St. Gallen[30]
- Licence plate code: SG[31]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[32], UTC+02:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 071[34]
- Inception: 720[35]
- Official website: https://www.stadt.sg.ch[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:St. Gallen (city)[37]
- Commons gallery: St. Gallen[38]
- Population: 74,405[39], 74,117[40], 73,670[41], 73,477[42], 73,227[43], 72,910[44], 72,610[45], 72,915[46], 73,191[47], 73,367[48], 71,661[49], 72,023[50], 72,391[51], 72,505[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for St. Gallen include it-Altenrhein Airport[53], an aerodrome[54], in Switzerland[55]; it S-Bahn[56], a S-Bahn[57], in Switzerland[58]; and St. Gallen Constituency[59], a constituency of the canton of it[60], in Switzerland[61].
Why It Matters
St. Gallen has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include it-Altenrhein Airport[53], an aerodrome[54], in Switzerland[55]; it S-Bahn[56], a S-Bahn[57], in Switzerland[58]; and St. Gallen Constituency[59], a constituency of the canton of it[60], in Switzerland[61].
FAQs
What awards did St. Gallen receive?
Honors received include European City of the Reformation[3].