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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1448,Lat: 46.3983
Elevation	1092 meter above sea level
Local time	17:54:12pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Goms
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ernen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fiesch	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mühlebach	1.2 km	NorthEast
3 Ausserbinn	1.8 km	South
4 Lax	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Fieschertal	2.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	81 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	134 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	301 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction South).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 Lago di Codelago o Devero (1 km² at a height of around 1855 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Helsenhorn with a height of 3272 meter (at a distance of 11.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 9.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.1 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 68%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.3 km2

50%

Nature

23.4 km2

29.7%

Agriculture

12.1 km2

15.4%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ernen in country Switzerland

Ernen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	14 km	NorthWest
2 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	71 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	81 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fiesch

Type of weather in Fiesch	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:49 Europe/Amsterdam