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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2752,Lat: 46.6108
Elevation	1187 meter above sea level
Local time	16:15:12pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Jaun

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Im Fang	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Schwarzsee	6.7 km	North
3 Charmey	8.6 km	West
4 Boltigen	8.9 km	East
5 Cerniat (FR)	9.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	39 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	181 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	320 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 268 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 (reservoir) is Lac de Montsalvens (0.8 km² at a height of around 800 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 40.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 34%, high mountains: 66%, 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 nature.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 38 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.9%

Nature

34.8 km2

44.3%

Agriculture

17.9 km2

22.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jaun in country Switzerland

Jaun at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	38 km	WestSouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	40 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	43 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Jaun
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jaun

Type of weather in Jaun	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:49 Europe/Amsterdam