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General information - Location

Country	Liechtenstein
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5075,Lat: 47.0658
Elevation	462 meter above sea level
Local time	14:30:36pm
Population	5000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Gemeinde)	Balzers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Azmoos	3 km	NorthWest
2 Malans	3.6 km	NorthWest
3 Gretschins	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Fläsch	4.3 km	South
5 Oberschan	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	8.3 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	158 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	378 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 288 km (direction SouthEast).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 Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 4.9 km and direction EastSouthEast).One of the mountains in Central Eastern Alps , part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 0.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 7.6 km (direction East).
Elevation around place: hill: 36%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 47 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.5 km2

41.4%

Nature

8.9 km2

11.3%

Agriculture

29 km2

36.9%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

6 km2

7.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balzers in country Liechtenstein

Balzers at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	26 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	41 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	68 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alpenmannstreu Gamperdonatal	AT	9.8 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Balzers
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balzers

Type of weather in Balzers	moderate rain
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam