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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2515,Lat: 47.0873
Elevation	509 meter above sea level
Local time	3:02:53am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Seeland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzligen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hermrigen	0.9 km	SouthWest
2 Jens	1.5 km	NorthEast
3 Bühl	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Werdthof	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Bellmund	2.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	21 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	172 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	293 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 317 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 Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 87%, low mountains: 13%, 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

14.6%

Agriculture

37.6 km2

47.8%

Urban area

20.9 km2

26.6%

Water - Lakes

8.7 km2

11%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merzligen in country Switzerland

Merzligen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	22 km	SouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	32 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	76 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bellmund

Type of weather in Bellmund	fog
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam