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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5,Lat: 46.7851
Elevation	789 meter above sea level
Local time	14:38:29pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Burgistein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wattenwil	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lohnstorf	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gurzelen	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Forst	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Seftigen	3.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	18 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	159 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	330 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 279 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 18.5 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 61%, moderate high mountains: 39%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21 km2

26.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

52.3 km2

66.6%

Urban area

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Burgistein in country Switzerland

Burgistein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	18 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	52 km	SouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	62 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Burgistein

Type of weather in Burgistein	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam