St. Gallen

Also known as St. Gall, Saint Gall, Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen SG

capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland

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St. Gallen is the capital city of the canton (state) of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It serves as the administrative and cultural center of the region.

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Official name: St. Gallen
Population: 78863
Area: 39.38
Elevation: 675
Official website: www.stadt.sg.ch
Image: Sankt Gallen.jpg
Dialing code: 071
Licence plate code: SG

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Commons category: St. Gallen
postal code: 9000
Commons gallery: St. Gallen
inception: 0720-00-00
P8168: Isco
native label: Sogn Gagl
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3203

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St. Gallen is a Swiss city and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 167,000 inhabitants in 2019) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. Its economy consists mainly of the service sector. The city is home to the University of St. Gallen, one of the best business schools in Europe.

The main tourist attraction is the Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Abbey's renowned library contains books from the 9th century. The official language of St. Gallen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German. The city has good transport links to the rest of the country and to neighbouring Germany and Austria. It also functions as the gate to the Appenzellerland.