Mels
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
Also known as Mels SG
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 9,242(December 31, 2022)
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- , 9,581(December 31, 2025)
1
Sources- 1.“Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Bezirken und Gemeinden, 1991-2025”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/stand-entwicklung.assetdetail.36681837.htmlRetrieved 2026-10-16
- , 8,620(December 31, 2018)
1
Sources- 1.“Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung.assetdetail.7966022.htmlRetrieved 2019-04-11
- +2 more
- 9,242(December 31, 2022)
- Area
- 139.1 km²(January 1, 2026)
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- , 140 km²
- , 139.11 km²(2008)
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.htmlRetrieved 2019-01-13
- 139.1 km²(January 1, 2026)
- Elevation
- 497 m
- , 1,579 m
- Postal code
- 8887
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
54 statements · 31% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Official name
- Mels
- Heritage designation
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5973
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- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5973
- Member of
- SGV-ACS
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Sources- 1.chgemeinden.ch/wAssets/docs/verband/deutsch/2021_Liste_Mitglieder_Stand-01_01.pdfRetrieved 2021-01-22
- SGV-ACS
- Native label
- Mels
On other databases
17 identifiers linking Mels across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID11252
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID42779
- FactGrid item IDQ880744
- Freebase ID/m/0gnryx
- GADM IDCHE.16.4.3_1
- GeoNames ID7286481
- GND ID4287617-5
- HDS ID001354
- J9U entity ID987007538040605171
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn98095324
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1683906
- SPAP IDp/e1a4b0c6-ea5b-4a0c-be1d-3ae96f3f89e4
- Swiss Enterprise Identification NumberCHE-115.050.527
- Swiss municipality code3293
- VerbaAlpina IDA60567
- VIAF cluster ID157286936
- Who's on First ID101854263