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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6196,Lat: 46.835
Elevation	586 meter above sea level
Local time	3:31:39am
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Jura-Nord vaudois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontaines-sur-Grandson

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fiez	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Grandevent	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Villars-Burquin	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Vaugondry	1.8 km	NorthEast
5 Novalles	2.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	64 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	223 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 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 Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 28%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 37%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.2 km2

34.7%

Agriculture

41.3 km2

52.6%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.2%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Water - Lakes

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontaines-sur-Grandson in country Switzerland

Fontaines-sur-Grandson at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	34 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	39 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fiez

Type of weather in Fiez	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam