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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7929,Lat: 46.1473
Elevation	1377 meter above sea level
Local time	16:20:17pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	St. Niklaus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herbriggen	1.4 km	South
2 St. Niklaus	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gasenried	4.3 km	NorthEast
4 Randa	5.4 km	South
5 Grächen	6.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	93 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	172 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	269 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 205 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 Stausee Mattmark (1.6 km² at a height of around 2196 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dom with a height of 4545 meter (at a distance of 7.8 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 11%, high mountains: 89%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.8 km2

27.8%

Nature

14.5 km2

18.5%

Agriculture

2.7 km2

3.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

31.5 km2

40.1%

Ice - Glacier

6.8 km2

8.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mattsand in country Switzerland

Mattsand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	43 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	77 km	South
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	82 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mattsand

Type of weather in Mattsand	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam