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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9063,Lat: 47.352
Elevation	411 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:51am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Solothurn
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Olten
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Olten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Starrkirch	1.5 km	East
2 Wil	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Trimbach	1.6 km	NorthWest
4 Winznau	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Dulliken	3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	57 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	125 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	284 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 km (direction South).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 Hallwiler See (10.2 km² at a height of around 448 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 17.3 km and direction West).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 21.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 59%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

38.9%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

24 km2

30.5%

Urban area

22.2 km2

28.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Olten in country Switzerland

Olten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	24 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	57 km	SouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	86 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olten

Type of weather in Olten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam