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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8746,Lat: 47.1828
Elevation	427 meter above sea level
Local time	18:04:37pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Schwyz
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	March
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galgenen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wangen (SZ)	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lachen	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Nuolen	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Altendorf	3.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Bollingen	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	49 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	112 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	338 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 km (direction South).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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 46.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 57%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 22%, 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
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.7 km2

25.1%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

33.3 km2

42.4%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Water - Lakes

14.3 km2

18.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galgenen in country Switzerland

Galgenen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	41 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	47 km	NorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	52 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lachen

Type of weather in Lachen	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam