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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.842,Lat: 46.7065
Elevation	595 meter above sea level
Local time	12:18:11pm
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Broye-Vully
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lucens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Curtilles	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Cremin	2 km	North
3 Lovatens	2.4 km	SouthEast
4 Oulens-sur-Lucens	2.5 km	West
5 Forel-sur-Lucens	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	53 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	210 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 12.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 18.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 30.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 9%, low mountains: 87%, moderate high mountains: 4%, 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.7%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

57.5 km2

73.2%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lucens in country Switzerland

Lucens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	25 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	26 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	44 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lucens

Type of weather in Lucens	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam