West Melton
West Melton is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located 24 kilometres west of Christchurch and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,530 residents
- Description: town in Selwyn District, New Zealand
- Also known as: “West Melton, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rolleston and Aylesbury.
Rolleston
Town
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains 22 kilometres south-west of Christchurch, and is part of the wider Christchurch metropolitan area. Rolleston is situated 8 km south of West Melton.
Aylesbury
Hamlet
Aylesbury is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It can be found between the towns of Rolleston and Kirwee. The epicentre of the 7.1 magnitude Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010, was very close to Aylesbury and the largest land surface fractures were in this locality. Aylesbury is situated 8 km west of West Melton.
Templeton
Suburb
Templeton is a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. Lying along State Highway 1. Templeton has been the centre of harness racing in Canterbury. Templeton is situated 9 km east of West Melton.
West Melton
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.52443° or 43° 31′ 28″ southLongitude
172.37357° or 172° 22′ 25″ eastPopulation
2,530Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)Open location code
4V8JF9GF+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 296873086OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2179460Wikidata ID
Q4479817
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“West Melton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “West Melton”
- Cebuano: “West Melton”
- Dutch: “West Melton”
- French: “West Melton (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “West Melton”
- Maori: “West Melton”
- Russian: “West Melton”
- Russian: “Уэст-Мелтон (Новая Зеландия)”
- Russian: “Уэст-Мелтон”
- Turkish: “West Melton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hope Presbyterian - West Melton and St Paul’s Anglican Church - West Melton.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Melton”. Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.