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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8416,Lat: 46.8104
Elevation	580 meter above sea level
Local time	21:18:51pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Broye
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Montets

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Seiry	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Bollion	1.4 km	NorthWest
3 Montet	2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Frasses	2.4 km	NorthEast
5 La Vounaise	2.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	48 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	207 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	316 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 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 3.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 7.1 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 39%, low mountains: 61%, 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 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 85 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.2 km2

18.1%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

50.3 km2

64%

Urban area

7 km2

8.9%

Water - Lakes

5.9 km2

7.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Granges-de-Vesin in country Switzerland

Granges-de-Vesin 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	33 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	36 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	38 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Les Montets

Type of weather in Les Montets	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam