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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4188,Lat: 47.047
Elevation	514 meter above sea level
Local time	3:36:29am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mels

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heiligkreuz	1.3 km	North
2 Prod	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Wangs	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Sargans	2 km	East
5 Azmoos	5.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	13 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	151 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	375 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 292 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 11.5 km and direction East).One of the mountains in Central Eastern Alps , part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.1 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 14.4 km (direction East).
Elevation around place: hill: 28%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 50 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.7 km2

45.4%

Nature

7.9 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

35.4%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mels in country Switzerland

Mels at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	19 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	42 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	69 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Mels
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mels

Type of weather in Mels	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam