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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6585,Lat: 47.4757
Elevation	687 meter above sea level
Local time	2:55:04am
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Dorneck
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gempen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hochwald	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Nuglar	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Sankt Pantaleon	3 km	SouthEast
4 Büren (SO)	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Dornach	3.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	146 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	263 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 349 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 41.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basel with a height of 278 meter (at a distance of 9.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.1 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 13.7 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 55%, low mountains: 45%, 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 forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hügellandschaft des Tafeljuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura tabulaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.8 km2

49.4%

Agriculture

25.7 km2

32.7%

Urban area

14.1 km2

17.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gempen in country Switzerland

Gempen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	47 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	75 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hochwald

Type of weather in Hochwald	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam