Mels

Summary

Mels is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Mels ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mels was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Mels is located in Sarganserland Constituency^[4].
• Mels is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Mels is on the body of water Seez^[6].
• Mels is on the body of water Rhine^[7].
• Mels's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Mels's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[9].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Bad Ragaz^[10].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Fläsch^[11].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Flums^[12].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Glarus Süd^[13].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Vilters-Wangs^[14].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Wartau^[15].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Pfäfers^[16].
• Mels's shares border with is recorded as Sargans^[17].
• Mels's postal code is recorded as 8887^[18].
• Mels is part of list of cultural properties in Mels^[19].
• Mels's Commons category is recorded as Mels^[20].
• Mels's licence plate code is recorded as SG^[21].
• Mels's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Mels's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Mels's local dialing code is recorded as 081^[24].
• Mels's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.049722222222, 'lon': 9.4166666666667}^[25].
• Mels's official website is recorded as https://www.mels.ch^[26].
• Mels's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mels^[27].

Body

Geography

Mels is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Mels is located in Sarganserland Constituency^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Seez^[6], a river^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Rhine^[7], a main stem^[30], in Switzerland^[31]. Mels is part of list of cultural properties in Mels^[19].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+140.00'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+139.11'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+497'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1579'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8610'}^[36], {'amount': '+8620'}^[37], {'amount': '+8026'}^[38], and {'amount': '+9242'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Mels's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8]. Mels's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[40].

Why It Matters

Mels ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2] Mels has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Mels is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]