Upper Rhine Valley District
Upper Rhine Valley District | |
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Country: | Switzerland |
Canton : | St. Gallen |
Region ISO : | CH-SG |
FSO number : | 1705 |
Map of the former Upper Rhine Valley district | |
The former districts of the canton of St. Gallen | |
The Oberrheintal District was until 2003 an administrative unit of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland . It was created in 1831 by dividing the Rhine Valley district into the Upper Rhine Valley and the Lower Rhine Valley district . Together with the Lower Rhine Valley district, it formed the part of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley between Rheineck and Rüthi .
The Upper Rhine Valley district has been part of the Rhine Valley constituency since 2003 . The Upper Rhine Valley forms a sub-region of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley.
See also: Section sub-regions in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley article
The communities of the former Upper Rhine Valley district
coat of arms | Name of the parish | Area in km² |
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Altstätten | 39.11 | |
Eichberg | 5.43 | |
Marbach | 4.42 | |
Oberriet | 34.51 | |
Rebstein | 4.26 | |
Rüthi | 9.34 | |
Total (6) | 97.07 |
The Federal Statistical Office ran the district under FSO no. 1705.
Changes in the community
- 1994: Name change from Rüthi (Rheintal) → Rüthi (SG)