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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9048,Lat: 47.1765
Elevation	1018 meter above sea level
Local time	12:02:55pm
Name province/region	Jura
Name Subregion	Les Franches-Montagnes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Bois

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerneux-Godat	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Les Prailats	2 km	North
3 Le Boéchet	2.3 km	NorthEast
4 Les Barrières	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 La Ferrière	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	48 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	199 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	277 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 337 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Moron (0.5 km² at a height of around 715 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Chaux-de-Fonds with a height of 991 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.6 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 86%, 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
Plateaulandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de plateau du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

39.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

45.6 km2

58.1%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Les Bois in country Switzerland

Les Bois 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	9.7 km	SouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	49 km	SouthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	67 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Les Bois

Type of weather in Les Bois	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam