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Sankt Gallen
City population
75,833
#8
in Switzerland
#1
in Saint Gallen
#7,616
worldwide
47.424, 9.375 · 155 km from Bern
About Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen is a city in Saint Gallen, Switzerland with a population of 75,833. It is the 8th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 7,616th largest worldwide. It lies 155 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
684 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.424, 9.375
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.