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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0424,Lat: 46.8787
Elevation	439 meter above sea level
Local time	17:54:09pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Broye-Vully
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avenches

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Donatyre	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Villarepos	2.4 km	East
3 Domdidier	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Oleyres	2.8 km	South
5 Chandossel	3.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	32 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	191 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Lac de Morat (Murtensee) (22.5 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 61%, low mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.8%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Water - Lakes

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Avenches in country Switzerland

Avenches at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	30 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	32 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	48 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avenches

Type of weather in Avenches	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:52 Europe/Amsterdam