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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5534,Lat: 46.6609
Elevation	867 meter above sea level
Local time	2:44:02am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Erlenbach im Simmental

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Diemtigen	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oey	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Balzeberg	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Entschwil	4.7 km	South
5 Richebach	4.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	33 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	159 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	325 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 265 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 7.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 59.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 54%, high mountains: 31%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.2 km2

37.1%

Nature

16 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

32 km2

40.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Erlenbach im Simmental in country Switzerland

Erlenbach im Simmental at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	33 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	41 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	60 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Erlenbach im Simmental

Type of weather in Erlenbach im Simmental	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam