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Hergiswil (NW)

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3131,Lat: 46.9821
Elevation	469 meter above sea level
Local time	2:46:56am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hergiswil (NW)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stansstad	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ennetmoos	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Horw	4.1 km	North
4 Alpnachstad	4.2 km	SouthWest
5 Kehrsiten	4.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	66 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	94 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	334 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 286 km (direction South).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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 4.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 58.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 42%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.3 km2

31%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

21.2 km2

27%

Urban area

9 km2

11.5%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

17.1 km2

21.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hergiswil (NW) in country Switzerland

Hergiswil (NW) 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	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	58 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	66 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hergiswil

Type of weather in Hergiswil	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam