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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4524,Lat: 48.0887
Elevation	185 meter above sea level
Local time	21:26:00pm
Name province/region	Alsace
Name Subregion	Haut-Rhin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Name	Fortschwihr

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bischwihr	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Muntzenheim	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Wickerschwihr	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Urschenheim	2.6 km	East
5 Widensolen	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	127 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	188 km	SouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	195 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 419 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Baggersee Rhinau-Kappel (0.6 km² at a distance of 29.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.5%

Agriculture

56.8 km2

72.3%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fortschwihr in country France

Fortschwihr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	59 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	106 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	116 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ried de Colmar Slestat, Haut-Rhin	FR	2.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fortschwihr

Type of weather in Fortschwihr	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam