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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0501,Lat: 47.0283
Elevation	432 meter above sea level
Local time	3:30:57am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Seeland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gals

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gampelen	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Thielle	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tschugg	2 km	East
4 Wavre	2.2 km	West
5 Cornaux	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	31 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	188 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	295 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 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 2.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 9.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 74%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 4%, 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 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

23.4%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

36.9 km2

47%

Viticulture

1.7 km2

2.1%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Water - Lakes

9.3 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gals in country Switzerland

Gals 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	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	32 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	64 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gals
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gals

Type of weather in Gals	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam