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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4767,Lat: 46.5201
Elevation	484 meter above sea level
Local time	17:18:30pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Morges
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chigny
Other place with same name 1	Chigny Picardie - Aisne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vufflens-le-Château	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Monnaz	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaux-sur-Morges	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Tolochenaz	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Denens	1.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	88 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	242 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 291 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 is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 4.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 73%, low mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Plateaulandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage vallonné du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Viticulture

3.3 km2

4.2%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

15 km2

19.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chigny in country Switzerland

Chigny at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	21 km	East
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	28 km	EastSouthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	65 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morges

Type of weather in Morges	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	14.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:55 Europe/Amsterdam