Upper Rhine Valley District

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Upper Rhine Valley District
Country: Switzerland
Canton : St. Gallen
Region ISO : CH-SG
FSO number : 1705
Map of the former Upper Rhine Valley district
Map of the municipalities of the Upper Rhine Valley 2002.png
The former districts of the canton of St. Gallen
Map of the canton of St.Gallen districts 2002.png

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
Altstätten Altstätten 39.11
Eichberg Eichberg 5.43
Marbach Marbach 4.42
Oberriet Oberriet 34.51
Rebstein Rebstein 4.26
Rüthi Rüthi 9.34
Total (6) 97.07

The Federal Statistical Office ran the district under FSO no. 1705.

Changes in the community

  • Municipalities until 1993

  • 1994: Name change from Rüthi (Rheintal) → Rüthi (SG)

See also