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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9391,Lat: 46.5556
Elevation	1360 meter above sea level
Local time	17:36:28pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Blenio
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Blenio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Campo	0.3 km	NorthWest
2 Cozzera	1.6 km	North
3 Olivone	2.9 km	South
4 Dötra	5.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Aquila	5.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	79 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	122 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	335 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 237 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Luzzone (1.2 km² at a height of around 1589 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Piz Medel with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 80%, 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 nature.

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

Name
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 61 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.6 km2

28.7%

Nature

42.2 km2

53.7%

Agriculture

4.7 km2

5.9%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

6.3 km2

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blenio in country Switzerland

Blenio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	41 km	South
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	47 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	67 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Blenio District

Type of weather in Blenio District	snow
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam