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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3764,Lat: 46.6
Elevation	798 meter above sea level
Local time	1:35:14am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Morges
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montricher

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villars Bozon	2.5 km	East
2 Mollens (VD)	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 L'Isle	3.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Mauraz	3.7 km	East
5 Pampigny	4.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	90 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	247 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	329 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 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 is Lac de Joux (8.8 km² at a height of around 1003 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Col du Marchairuz with a height of 1447 meter (at a distance of 11 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 11.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Plateaulandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage vallonné du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.4 km2

50.2%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

34.3 km2

43.6%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montricher in country Switzerland

Montricher at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	31 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	38 km	EastSouthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	54 km	NorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montricher

Type of weather in Montricher	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam