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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Mels
| image_photo = Kirche von Mels.jpg
| municipality_type = municipality
| imagepath_coa =
| imagepath_flag = CHE Mels Flag.svg
| pixel_coa =
| canton = St. Gallen
| iso-code-region = CH-SG
| district = [[Sarganserland (Wahlkreis)|Sarganserland]]
|coordinates = {{coord|47|3|N|9|25|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code = 8887
| municipality_code = 3293
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| elevation = 500|elevation_description=
| population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SG|3293}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SG}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-SG}}
| website =
| mayor = Guido Fischer
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==Geography==
[[File:Picswiss SG-37-24.jpg|thumb|left|View from Laufböden down toward Mels and Sargans]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Mels-LBS H1-027923.tif|thumb|left|Aerial view (1968)]]
Mels has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|139.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (25.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).<ref name=SFSO/>
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==Demographics==
Mels has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-SG}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-SG|3293}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-SG}} {{as of|2007}}, about 14.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}), 30 are from [[Germany]], 228 are from [[Italy]], 563 are from ex-[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], 21 are from [[Austria]], 90 are from [[Turkey]],
The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Mels is; 1,073 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,137 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,038 people or 13.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,300 people or 16.6% are between 30 and 39, 1,028 people or 13.1% are between 40 and 49, and 889 people or 11.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 641 people or 8.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 415 people or 5.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 262 people or 3.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 54 people or 0.7% who are between 90 and 99.<ref name=SG_personen>[http://www.statistik.sg.ch/home/portraet/Regionen-Gemeinden/reggem-quer.html Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003122151/http://www.statistik.sg.ch/home/portraet/Regionen-Gemeinden/reggem-quer.html |date=3 October 2009 }} {{
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 737 persons (or 9.4% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 1,445 (or 18.4%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 4,926 (or 62.9%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 344 (or 4.4%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 60 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 50 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 31 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 244 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.<ref name=SG_personen/>
In the
In Mels about 65.5% of the population (between age
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|1354|Mels}}</ref>
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==Transportation==
{{See also|Mels railway station}}
The municipality is located on the [[A3 motorway (Switzerland)|A3 motorway]].
The [[A3 (Switzerland)|A3]] national motorway ends at Mels; the portion north toward [[St. Margrethen]] and the portion east toward [[Landquart, Graubünden|Landquart]], [[Chur]], [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] and ultimately [[Bellinzona]] are all part of the [[A13 (Switzerland)|A13]] national motorway.
==Heritage sites of national significance==
[[File:Alpabfahrt Mels. 2007-09-08 13-14-01.jpg|thumb|[[Almabtrieb]] at Mels in 2007.]]
Castels hill (which has been occupied from prehistory until the [[Middle Ages]]) and the early medieval church of St. Peter und Paul, are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage sites of national significance]].<ref>[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=1 May 2009 }} 21.11.2008 version, {{
==Economy==
{{as of|2007|In 2007}}, Mels had an unemployment rate of 0.82%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 330 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 122 businesses involved in this sector. 722 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 90 businesses in this sector. 1,932 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 240 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|2009 | October}} the average unemployment rate was 3.0%.<ref>[http://www.statistik.sg.ch/home/themen/b03/arblos.html St Gallen Canton statistics-Unemployment] {{
==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 6,089 or 77.7% are [[Roman Catholic]], while 625 or 8.0% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there are 7 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belong to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic]] faith, there are 144 individuals (or about 1.84% of the population) who belong to the
== Trivia ==
Mels was one of the locations in the Swiss-Austrian film ''[[Akte Grüninger]]''.<ref name="orf">{{cite web|url=http://vorarlberg.orf.at/radio/stories/2628047/|title=
==Notable people==
People who were born or live in Mels:
* [[Josef Ackermann]] (born 1948),
* [[Paul Guldin]] (1577–1643), Swiss Mathematician
* [[Otto Pfister]] (born 1937), German Football coach
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.mels.ch Official website] {{
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{{Municipalities of the district of Sarganserland}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen]]
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