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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2765,Lat: 47.1127
Elevation	415 meter above sea level
Local time	7:47:42am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quarten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Unterterzen	1.7 km	West
2 Oberterzen	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Quarten	2.7 km	West
4 Walenstadt	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Tscherlach	4.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	19 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	141 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	363 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction South).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 0.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 15.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 27%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 47 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.8 km2

38%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

24.9 km2

31.8%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Rock-Sand

3.6 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

11.4 km2

14.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mols in country Switzerland

Mols at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	22 km	South
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	35 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	67 km	NorthNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mols

Type of weather in Mols	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam