Quarten

Quarten
Municipality
Unterterzen, Quarten
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Quarten
Quarten Location within Switzerland Quarten Location within Canton of St. Gallen
Coordinates: 47°6′N 9°14′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	Sarganserland
Government
• Mayor	Erich Zoller Die Mitte
Area
• Total	61.90 km2 (23.90 sq mi)
Elevation	548 m (1,798 ft)
Population  (December 2020)
• Total	2,988
• Density	48.27/km2 (125.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	8883
SFOS number	3295
ISO 3166 code	CH-SG
Localities	Quarten, Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Quinten, Mols SG, Murg SG, Tannenbodenalp, Flums-Grossberg
Surrounded by	Alt Sankt Johann, Amden, Engi (GL), Flums, Mühlehorn (GL), Obstalden (GL), Sool (GL), Walenstadt
Website	www.quarten.ch

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Quinten and Lake Walen

Murg and Quinten villages on opposite sides of the lake

Aerial view from 200 m (660 ft) by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Lake Walen. Besides the village of Quarten, the municipality also includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Quinten, Mols, Murg, and parts of Tannenbodenalp.