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Wels
Upper Austriatown
Total population
59,853
Demographic figures from Statistik Austria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Wels sits in Upper Austria, Austria and is identified as a sizeable town. Its coordinates of 48.157°, 14.024° place it in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Around 59,853 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The location receives about 1,170 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 46% of daylight hours. Based on its temperate position, residents likely encounter four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquitoAedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) · Insecta1,993
- Asian bush mosquitoAedes japonicus (Theobald, 1901) · Insecta1,907
- Tree Hole MosquitoAedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) · Insecta1,892
- Korean bush mosquitoAedes koreicus (Edwards, 1917) · Insecta1,830
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves733
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves644
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves536
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves507
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.9 — 2021-01-203 km NNE of Ardning, Austria
- M 3.8 — 2008-08-126 km SE of Maria Schmolln, Austria
- M 2.8 — 2008-08-062 km SE of Schalchen, Austria
- M 4.1 — 2008-07-18Austria
- M 3.2 — 2008-06-224 km ESE of Micheldorf in Oberösterreich, Austria
- M 2.5 — 2008-05-218 km NE of Filzmoos, Austria
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Upper Austria
- Marchtrenk4.7 mi away · pop. 12,951
- Buchkirchen4.7 mi away · pop. 3,691
- Weißkirchen an der Traun4.8 mi away · pop. 2,894
- Steinerkirchen an der Traun6.2 mi away · pop. 2,233
- Oftering7.4 mi away · pop. 1,860
- Kematen am Innbach7.7 mi away · pop. 1,345
- Offenhausen8.6 mi away · pop. 1,503
- Kremsmünster8.6 mi away · pop. 6,435
- Straßfeld8.9 mi away · pop. 210
- Fürth9.4 mi away · pop. 97
- Parz9.8 mi away · pop. 56
- Meggenhofen10.7 mi away · pop. 1,296
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Wels
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
Statistik Austria
- GKZ
- 40301
- Population (Wikidata)
- 65,303
- Wikidata
- Q178582
Gemeindekennziffer via Wikidata P964
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Statistik Austria — Gemeindekennziffer via Wikidata P964