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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.02,Lat: 46.8319
Elevation	576 meter above sea level
Local time	2:46:25am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Broye
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Léchelles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Russy	1.8 km	NorthWest
2 Chandon	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ponthaux	2.5 km	SouthEast
4 Corsalettes	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Oleyres	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	35 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	193 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 299 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 Morat (Murtensee) (22.5 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 13.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 26%, low mountains: 74%, 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.3 km2

20.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

54.6 km2

69.6%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Léchelles in country Switzerland

Léchelles 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	NorthNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	35 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	43 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Léchelles

Type of weather in Léchelles	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam