Gossau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis, or constituency, of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, usually written Gossau SG to tell it from Gossau in the canton of Zurich. It is first mentioned in 824 as Cozesaua. As of 2006 the municipality had an area of 27.5 square kilometres, of which about 63 percent was farmland and 16 percent forest, with about a fifth settled. It is the largest municipality in the valley between the Glatt Valley and the Sitter River and lies at a crossing of routes in the St. Gallen constituency.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Switzerland: St. Gallen
City Population (citypopulation.de)Municipality table, estimate of 2025-12-31, yearQuote, Municipality table, estimate of 2025-12-31, year
Gossau (SG) City Wahlkreis St. Gallen 14,584 15,562 16,805 17,763 17,990 18,937
2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.4167,9.25
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4167,9.25, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4167,9.25, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 637.0
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Zurich, current ruleQuote, Zone Europe/Zurich, current rule
1:00 EU CE%sT
Gossau, St. Gallen (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
On Continent: Europe, Lead
in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
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