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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3956,Lat: 47.1923
Elevation	471 meter above sea level
Local time	23:39:44pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Solothurn
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lebern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lengnau (BE)	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bettlach	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Staad	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Arch	3.7 km	SouthEast
5 Altreu	4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	161 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	285 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 324 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 4.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 19.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 53%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.6%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48%

Urban area

13 km2

16.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grenchen in country Switzerland

Grenchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	44 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	62 km	East

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Filming Location	IMDB Grenchen
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