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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5414,Lat: 46.2799
Elevation	533 meter above sea level
Local time	17:20:25pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Sierre
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chippis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sierre	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Corin	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Veyras	2.8 km	North
4 Chalais	3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Venthône	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	74 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	179 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	283 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 226 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 (reservoir) is Lac de Tseuzier (0.8 km² at a height of around 1776 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 40%, high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.4 km2

52.8%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

9.2 km2

11.8%

Viticulture

10.9 km2

13.9%

Urban area

13.7 km2

17.5%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chippis in country Switzerland

Chippis at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	45 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	59 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	66 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chippis

Type of weather in Chippis	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam