Editing Hohenems (section)

==Geography==
The town is located at {{convert|432|m|0|abbr=off}} above sea level, about {{convert|16|km|0|abbr=in}} south of [[Lake Constance]]. Hohenems extends for {{convert|5.5|km|1|abbr=on}} from north to south and {{convert|8.2|km|1|abbr=on}} from west to east. Its total area is {{convert|29|km²|0|abbr=out}}, of which 42% is covered with forest. The [[oxbow lake]] of the river Rhine in the west, forming the border of Austria as well as [[European Union|EU]] to Switzerland, and the mountainside in the east is at the narrowest point of the Austrian Rhine valley. The ''Schlossberg'' ("castle mountain"), elevation {{convert|740|m|0|abbr=off}}, offers a distinctive backdrop to the town center.

Hohenems is divided into the neighborhoods of Markt (centre), Oberklien and Unterklien (north), Hohenems-Reute (east), Schwefel (south) and Herrenried (west). It is surrounded by six other communities, [[Lustenau]] and [[Dornbirn]] in the Dornbirn district (north and east), [[Fraxern]], [[Götzis]] and [[Altach]] in the [[Feldkirch (district)|Feldkirch district]] (south) and [[Diepoldsau]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|Swiss canton]] [[St. Gallen]] (west).