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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.826,Lat: 46.8327
Elevation	487 meter above sea level
Local time	17:53:02pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Broye
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Châtillon (FR)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Font	0.6 km	NorthWest
2 Lully (FR)	1.4 km	East
3 Châbles	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Bollion	1.7 km	South
5 Seiry	2.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	49 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	208 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	313 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 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 Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 4.5 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 23.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly flatern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.2 km2

10.5%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

33.8 km2

43%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Water - Lakes

29.4 km2

37.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Châtillon (FR) in country Switzerland

Châtillon (FR) 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	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	38 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	40 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Estavayer-le-Lac

Type of weather in Estavayer-le-Lac	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam