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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4313,Lat: 47.0318
Elevation	530 meter above sea level
Local time	13:23:46pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilters-Wangs

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sargans	1.7 km	NorthEast
2 Mels	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Prod	2.5 km	North
4 Heiligkreuz	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Fläsch	6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	14 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	152 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	377 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, 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 13.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction EastNorthEast).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 4.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 13.7 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 29%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 19%, 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 82 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 51 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.3 km2

41.2%

Nature

9.5 km2

12.1%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

36.8%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.6%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wangs in country Switzerland

Wangs 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	44 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	67 km	SouthSouthEast

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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	light rain
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam