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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7091,Lat: 46.2459
Elevation	378 meter above sea level
Local time	2:44:08am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Vallemaggia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maggia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moghegno	0.5 km	South
2 Aurigeno	1.7 km	South
3 Lodano	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Coglio	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Gordevio	3.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	117 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	297 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 202 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Vogorno (1.5 km² at a height of around 469 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gridone with a height of 2188 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 13 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 44%, high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

63.5 km2

80.8%

Nature

9.9 km2

12.6%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maggia in country Switzerland

Maggia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	25 km	EastSouthEast
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	43 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	47 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Moghegno

Type of weather in Moghegno	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam