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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8122,Lat: 46.8027
Elevation	621 meter above sea level
Local time	21:53:10pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Broye
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Murist

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montborget	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Franex	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Murist	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Seiry	2 km	NorthEast
5 Bollion	2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	51 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	210 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	316 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 304 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 Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 7.9 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 30%, low mountains: 70%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.8 km2

20.1%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

57.5%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

11.9 km2

15.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Vounaise in country Switzerland

La Vounaise at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	33 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	35 km	South
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	37 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cheyres

Type of weather in Cheyres	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam