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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8522,Lat: 47.1925
Elevation	408 meter above sea level
Local time	18:41:20pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Schwyz
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	March
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lachen
Other place with same name 1	Lachen Bayern - Schwaben
Other place with same name 2	Lachen Appenzell Ausserrhoden - Vorderland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altendorf	1.7 km	West
2 Galgenen	2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nuolen	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Wangen (SZ)	3.3 km	East
5 Bollingen	4.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	51 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	110 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	336 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 307 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 20.9 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 48.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 65%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Zürich Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.6%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

29 km2

36.9%

Urban area

14 km2

17.8%

Water - Lakes

17.6 km2

22.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lachen in country Switzerland

Lachen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	43 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	47 km	EastNorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	50 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lachen

Type of weather in Lachen	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam