BENKEN

Saint Gallen · SWITZERLAND (CH) · 47.20°N / 9.01°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 2,661,560

Benken is a city in Switzerland with a population of 2,419. It sits at 47.20/9.01, runs on Europe/Zurich, is 2 km from Kaltbrunn.

Population 2,419

Place Type Populated Place

Elevation n/a

Timezone Europe/Zurich

All facts

fields

Country: Switzerland
Subdivision: Saint Gallen
Coords: 47.20°N / 9.01°E
UTC offset: +1
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NE Kaltbrunn Saint Gallen 3,803 2.1 km

NW Uznach Saint Gallen 5,561 3.3 km

N Gommiswald Saint Gallen 2,781 3.7 km

SW Reichenburg Schwyz 2,876 3.9 km

W Tuggen Schwyz 2,671 4.4 km

SE Schänis Saint Gallen 3,404 5.3 km

NW Schmerikon Saint Gallen 3,307 5.3 km

S Bilten Glarus 2,011 5.7 km

NW Sankt Gallenkappel Saint Gallen 1,811 5.9 km

SW Schübelbach Schwyz 7,745 6.7 km

Air access

nearby

LSZX

Schänis Airfield

Small airport

3.9 km

LSPV

Wangen-Lachen Airfield

Small airport

10.6 km

LSZM

Mollis Airfield

Small airport

14.1 km

LSZK

Speck-Fehraltorf Airfield

Small airport

27.3 km

LSMD

Dübendorf Air Base

Medium airport

35.0 km

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Benken?: 2,419 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Benken in?: Europe/Zurich.
Which country is Benken in?: Switzerland (CH).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/2661560

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2661560,
    "name": "Benken",
    "ascii_name": "Benken",
    "country_code": "CH",
    "population": 2419,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Europe/Zurich",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPL",
    "latitude": 47.19942,
    "longitude": 9.00735
  }
}