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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6181,Lat: 46.8098
Elevation	533 meter above sea level
Local time	18:53:16pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Jura-Nord vaudois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Giez
Other place with same name 1	Giez Rhône-Alpes - Haute-Savoie

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valeyres-sous-Montagny	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Grandson	1.9 km	East
3 Fiez	2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Montagny-près-Yverdon	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Orges	2.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	65 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	224 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	313 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 312 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 1.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 17.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 52%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
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 75 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.6 km2

19.9%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

42.7 km2

54.3%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Water - Lakes

9.9 km2

12.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giez in country Switzerland

Giez 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	37 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	37 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	41 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giez

Type of weather in Giez	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam