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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7605,Lat: 47.3077
Elevation	486 meter above sea level
Local time	18:53:54pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Hinwil
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gossau (ZH)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bertschikon	1.5 km	North
2 Ottikon	2 km	SouthEast
3 Heusberg	2.5 km	North
4 Sulzbach	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Grüningen	2.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	61 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	108 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	322 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 320 km (direction South).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 Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 15.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 34.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 36%, low mountains: 64%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

12.5%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

2.8 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

50 km2

63.6%

Urban area

13.5 km2

17.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gossau (ZH) in country Switzerland

Gossau (ZH) 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	42 km	West
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	48 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	49 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gossau

Type of weather in Gossau	heavy snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam