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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7938,Lat: 47.3218
Elevation	555 meter above sea level
Local time	19:20:33pm
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Gäu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Egerkingen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bärenwil	2 km	North
2 Neuendorf	2.1 km	South
3 Härkingen	2.3 km	SouthEast
4 Oberbuchsiten	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Gunzgen	2.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	49 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	132 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	283 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 330 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction WestNorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 24.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 51%, low mountains: 30%, moderate high mountains: 19%, 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
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.5 km2

43.9%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

39.6%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Egerkingen in country Switzerland

Egerkingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	32 km	East
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	49 km	SouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	77 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Egerkingen

Type of weather in Egerkingen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam