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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8142,Lat: 46.5664
Elevation	637 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:02pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lavaux-Oron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oron

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oron-la-Ville	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vuibroye	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Les Tavernes	1.3 km	South
4 Palézieux-Village	1.7 km	SouthEast
5 Essertes	2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	64 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	216 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	318 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 281 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 Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 22.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 88%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly western 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

58 km2

73.8%

Urban area

4.9 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Châtillens in country Switzerland

Châtillens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	9.8 km	SouthWest
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	11 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	60 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vuibroye

Type of weather in Vuibroye	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	14.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam