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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8669,Lat: 47.4914
Elevation	518 meter above sea level
Local time	16:21:39pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Elgg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hofstetten (ZH)	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Dickbuch	2.8 km	West
3 Aadorf	2.8 km	East
4 Schneit	3.2 km	North
5 Aawangen	3.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	63 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 7%, low mountains: 91%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.9 km2

36.8%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elgg in country Switzerland

Elgg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	27 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	39 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	55 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Elgg / Städtchen und Umgebung

Type of weather in Elgg / Städtchen und Umgebung	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam