Geography
St. Margrethen has an area, as of 2006, of 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 28.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 34.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
It is close to Austria and Germany and acts as a border town with Austria.
Currently only a normal road links St. Margrethen with Austria. As a result the town is at times clogged up with traffic before the customs posts. A motorway link has long been projected, to link the pathways to Zurich and Munich.
It is also where the A1 motorway becomes the A13 motorway.
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