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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7228,Lat: 46.5901
Elevation	1197 meter above sea level
Local time	18:41:12pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Reichenbach im Kandertal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Scharnachtal	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kien	3.9 km	NorthWest
3 Reichenbach im Kandertal	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Faltsche	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Frutigen	6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	45 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	150 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	318 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 253 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 45.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 43%, high mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.5%

Nature

23.9 km2

30.5%

Agriculture

21.3 km2

27%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kiental in country Switzerland

Kiental at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	26 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	45 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	70 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Reichenbach im Kandertal

Type of weather in Reichenbach im Kandertal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam