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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8225,Lat: 46.7928
Elevation	626 meter above sea level
Local time	2:41:31am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Broye
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Murist

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Murist	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Vounaise	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Nuvilly	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Montborget	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Granges-de-Vesin	2.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	50 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	209 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	317 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 302 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 4.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 15%, low mountains: 85%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 82 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.9 km2

22.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

52.4 km2

66.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Franex in country Switzerland

Franex at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	34 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	35 km	North
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	36 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aumont

Type of weather in Aumont	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam