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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4149,Lat: 46.9233
Elevation	591 meter above sea level
Local time	17:15:50pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Köniz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herzwil	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Schlatt	3.3 km	South
3 Bern	3.4 km	NorthEast
4 Mengestorf	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Liebewil	4.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	3.4 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	162 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	314 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 296 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 Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 3.5 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 91%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 6.4 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.4 km2

29.8%

Agriculture

28.4 km2

36.2%

Urban area

26 km2

33.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Köniz in country Switzerland

Köniz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	3.8 km	NorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	49 km	WestNorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	67 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Köniz
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Köniz

Type of weather in Köniz	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam