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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3316,Lat: 46.2045
Elevation	610 meter above sea level
Local time	2:42:19am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Conthey
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nendaz
Other place with same name 1	Baar Zug -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Veysonnaz	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Salins	2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Beuson	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Nendaz	3.4 km	SouthWest
5 Conthey	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	197 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	274 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 226 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac des Dix (3.8 km² at a height of around 2363 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Les Diablerets with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.6 km2

31.3%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

16.8 km2

21.4%

Viticulture

11.2 km2

14.3%

Urban area

18.9 km2

24.1%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Baar in country Switzerland

Baar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	49 km	NorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	55 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	63 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veysonnaz

Type of weather in Veysonnaz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam