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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4629,Lat: 47.2239
Elevation	454 meter above sea level
Local time	11:41:37am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Affoltern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Knonau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rossau	1.6 km	East
2 Niederwil	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Mettmenstetten	2.2 km	North
4 Uerzlikon	2.7 km	East
5 Maschwanden	2.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	81 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	317 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 Zuger See (Lac de Zoug) (36.1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 70%, low mountains: 30%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

18%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

53.7 km2

68.4%

Urban area

8.7 km2

11.1%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Knonau in country Switzerland

Knonau 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	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	69 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	69 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knonau

Type of weather in Knonau	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam