Pfäfers
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Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages belonging to this municipality include: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, and Vättis.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Pfäfers
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Pfäfers von der Valenserstraße.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Pfäfers-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- St. Gallen
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SG
- Swiss town.district
- Wahlkreis Sarganserland
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7312
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3294
- Swiss town.area
- 128.53
- Swiss town.elevation
- 840
- Swiss town.website
- www.pfaefers.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Ferdinand Riederer
- Swiss town.places
- Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, Vättis
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bad Ragaz, Felsberg (GR), Flims (GR), Glarus Süd (GL), Chur (GR), Landquart (GR), Mels, Tamins (GR), Trin (GR), Untervaz (GR)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pfäfers
- Population
- 1564
- Area
- 128.46
- Elevation
- 820
- Official website
- www.pfaefers.ch
- Image
- Pfaefers-01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 081
- Licence plate code
- SG
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- postal code
- 7312
- Commons category
- Pfäfers
- P8168
- Wernesgrüner
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3294
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Education
- Economy
- Religion
- Coat of arms
- Leisure
- Traffic
- Geography
- Localities
- Pfäfers
- Vättis
- Valens
- Vasön
- Heritage sites of national significance
- References
- External links
Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages belonging to this municipality include: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, and Vättis.
==History== The area around Pfäfers, known as the Taminatal, was inhabited in prehistoric times. In the Drachenloch above Vättis stonetools of cavemen and bones of bears, perhaps 50,000 years old, were found; examples of this archaeology are on display in the local museum in Vättis.
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