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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0079,Lat: 46.1124
Elevation	1296 meter above sea level
Local time	23:05:55pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Saint-Maurice
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salvan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salvan	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Le Trétien	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Les Granges	1.9 km	NorthEast
4 La Crêta	2.1 km	South
5 Vernayaz	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	99 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	224 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	266 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 230 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Salanfe (1.8 km² at a height of around 1924 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Aiguille du Tour with a height of 3540 meter (at a distance of 13 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench Swiss Italian tripoint with a straight distance of 21.3 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 10%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.6 km2

54.2%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.8%

Agriculture

4.7 km2

Viticulture

1.5 km2

1.9%

Urban area

4.8 km2

Rock-Sand

4.4 km2

5.5%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Les Marécottes in country Switzerland

Les Marécottes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	42 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	47 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	90 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salvan

Type of weather in Salvan	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam