MessenGeneral information - Location
| Country | Switzerland | | Location in country | 
West | | Location in Europe | Central Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 7.448,Lat: 47.0919  |
| Elevation | 477 meter above sea level | | Local time | 4:16:44am |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | Solothurn | | Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk) | Bucheggberg | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Messen |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Distance |
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| 1 Bern | Switzerland | 16 km | 
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| | 2 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 158 km | 
East
| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 297 km | 
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 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 Alte Aare (1 km2 at a distance of 8.3 km in NorthWestern direction).
The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction South).
The most nearby international border is the
French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 76%, 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)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction North).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
24.2 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
50.9 km2 |
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| Urban area |
3.4 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Messen in country Switzerland
Messen at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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Hotels at Messen 
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