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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4042,Lat: 46.8732
Elevation	743 meter above sea level
Local time	9:07:42am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oberbalm

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberscherli	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Schlatt	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Mittelhäusern	2.7 km	West
4 Mengestorf	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Oberried	3.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	8.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	164 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	319 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 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 (reservoir) is Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 52.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 65%, moderate high mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 8.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.1 km2

26.8%

Agriculture

55.1 km2

70.1%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberbalm in country Switzerland

Oberbalm at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	51 km	WestNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	63 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberbalm

Type of weather in Oberbalm	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam