diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/Geocoder.svelte b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/Geocoder.svelte
index 3c2d0694..40514a94 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/Geocoder.svelte
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/Geocoder.svelte
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		languages = 'en',
 		types = [],
 		bbox,
+		proximity,
 		placeholder,
 		limit = 3,
 		size = 'default',
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@
 			language: languagesArr.join(','),
 			countries: countriesArr.join(','),
 			types: typesArr.join(','),
-			bbox: bbox,
+			bbox,
+			trackProximity: !proximity,
+			proximity,
 			showResultsWhileTyping: true,
 			showResultMarkers: false,
 			debounceSearch: 25,
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs.ts b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs.ts
index de565fc0..20dc77e7 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs.ts
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class MaptilerGeocoderAPI implements MaplibreGeocoderApi {
 			type: 'FeatureCollection',
 			features: []
 		};
+
 		try {
 			const params = new URLSearchParams(
 				Object.fromEntries(
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class MaptilerGeocoderAPI implements MaplibreGeocoderApi {
 						country: config.countries || '',
 						language: config.language || '',
 						types: config.types || '',
+						proximity: config.proximity?.join(',') || '',
 						bbox: config.bbox?.join(',') || '',
 						key: this.key || ''
 					}).filter(([_, value]) => {
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderProps.ts b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderProps.ts
index 1592cc19..b2b430e3 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderProps.ts
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/Geocoder/GeocoderProps.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export default interface GeocoderProps {
 	 * Limit search to a [w, s, e, n] bounding box
 	 */
 	bbox?: number[];
+	/**
+	 * A coordinate pair to bias search results
+	 */
+	proximity?: { longitude: number; latitude: number };
 	/**
 	 * Limit search to one or more languages. The UI is localised to the first language specified if [available](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-geocoder/blob/main/lib/localization.ts).
 	 */
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderAPIs.ts b/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderAPIs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index de565fc0..00000000
--- a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderAPIs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-import {
-	type CarmenGeojsonFeature,
-	type MaplibreGeocoderApi,
-	type MaplibreGeocoderApiConfig,
-	type MaplibreGeocoderFeatureResults
-} from '@maplibre/maplibre-gl-geocoder';
-
-export class MaptilerGeocoderAPI implements MaplibreGeocoderApi {
-	key: string;
-
-	constructor(key: string) {
-		this.key = key;
-	}
-
-	async forwardGeocode(config: MaplibreGeocoderApiConfig): Promise<MaplibreGeocoderFeatureResults> {
-		const result: MaplibreGeocoderFeatureResults = {
-			type: 'FeatureCollection',
-			features: []
-		};
-		try {
-			const params = new URLSearchParams(
-				Object.fromEntries(
-					Object.entries({
-						country: config.countries || '',
-						language: config.language || '',
-						types: config.types || '',
-						bbox: config.bbox?.join(',') || '',
-						key: this.key || ''
-					}).filter(([_, value]) => {
-						return value !== '';
-					})
-				)
-			);
-
-			const response = await fetch(
-				`https://api.maptiler.com/geocoding/${config.query}.json?${params.toString()}`
-			);
-			const geojson = await response.json();
-			for (const feature of geojson.features) {
-				const res: CarmenGeojsonFeature = {
-					type: 'Feature',
-					id: feature.id,
-					place_type: ['place'],
-					place_name: feature.place_name,
-					language: feature.properties.display_name,
-					text: feature.text,
-					bbox: feature.bbox,
-					geometry: {
-						type: 'Point',
-						coordinates: feature.center
-					},
-					properties: {
-						text: feature.text
-					}
-				};
-				result.features.push(res);
-			}
-		} catch (e) {
-			console.error(`Failed to forwardGeocode with error: ${e}`);
-		}
-		return result;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.stories.svelte b/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.stories.svelte
index b127cc63..1b63d462 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.stories.svelte
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.stories.svelte
@@ -131,6 +131,22 @@
 		</div>
 	</DesignTokens>
 </Story>
+<Story asChild name="proximity">
+	<DesignTokens theme="light">
+		<div class="container">
+			<Map style={SWRDataLabLight()} initialLocation={{ lat: 51, lng: 10, zoom: 20 }}>
+				<GeocoderControl
+					position="top-right"
+					languages="de"
+					service="maptiler"
+					placeholder="Try 'Konstanz'"
+					proximity={{ longitude: 9.136, latitude: 48.617 }}
+					key="V32kPHZjMa0Mkn6YvSzA"
+				/>
+			</Map>
+		</div>
+	</DesignTokens>
+</Story>
 
 <style>
 	.container {
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.svelte b/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.svelte
index a5db533a..9df94127 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.svelte
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/GeocoderControl/GeocoderControl.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import maplibre, { type ControlPosition } from 'maplibre-gl';
 	import MaplibreGeocoder, { type MaplibreGeocoderApi } from '@maplibre/maplibre-gl-geocoder';
-	import { MaptilerGeocoderAPI } from './GeocoderAPIs';
+	import { MaptilerGeocoderAPI } from '../Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs';
 	import MapControl from '../MapControl/MapControl.svelte';
 	import type GeocoderProps from '../Geocoder/GeocoderProps';
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		languages = 'en',
 		types = [],
 		placeholder,
+		proximity,
 		bbox,
 		position = 'top-left',
 		limit = 3
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@
 			language: languagesArr.join(','),
 			countries: countriesArr.join(','),
 			types: typesArr.join(','),
+			trackProximity: !proximity,
 			bbox,
+			proximity,
 			showResultsWhileTyping: true,
 			showResultMarkers: false,
 			debounceSearch: 25,
diff --git a/components/src/maplibre/WithLinkLocation/WithLinkLocation.svelte b/components/src/maplibre/WithLinkLocation/WithLinkLocation.svelte
index f6afc615..681f8342 100644
--- a/components/src/maplibre/WithLinkLocation/WithLinkLocation.svelte
+++ b/components/src/maplibre/WithLinkLocation/WithLinkLocation.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { onMount, setContext, type Snippet } from 'svelte';
-	import { MaptilerGeocoderAPI } from '../GeocoderControl/GeocoderAPIs';
+	import { MaptilerGeocoderAPI } from '../Geocoder/GeocoderAPIs';
 	import {
 		type GeocodingCountry,
 		type GeocodingLanguage,