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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.23,Lat: 46.8028
Elevation	718 meter above sea level
Local time	5:11:34am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Sense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alterswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St. Ursen	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tafers	1.8 km	NorthWest
3 Rohr	2.3 km	North
4 Alterswil	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 St. Antoni	3.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	23 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	178 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 289 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 (reservoir) is Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 18 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 47.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 83%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

12.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

62.8 km2

79.9%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galteren in country Switzerland

Galteren at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	23 km	NorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	45 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	48 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sankt Ursen

Type of weather in Sankt Ursen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam