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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2717,Lat: 46.9417
Elevation	514 meter above sea level
Local time	19:02:57pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Obwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alpnach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alpnachstad	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Schoried	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Kägiswil	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Sankt Jakob	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kerns	4.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	63 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	98 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	337 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 282 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 54.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 19%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.2 km2

39.7%

Nature

9 km2

11.5%

Agriculture

28.1 km2

35.7%

Urban area

3.9 km2

4.9%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alpnach in country Switzerland

Alpnach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	38 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	52 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	63 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alpnach

Type of weather in Alpnach	heavy snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam