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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1855,Lat: 46.7866
Elevation	720 meter above sea level
Local time	17:21:34pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Sarine
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pierrafortscha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tentlingen	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Marly	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 St. Ursen	2.5 km	East
4 Fribourg	3 km	NorthWest
5 Villarsel-sur-Marly	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	182 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	324 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 289 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 Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 46.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 94%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

15.5%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.6%

Urban area

16.9 km2

21.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pierrafortscha in country Switzerland

Pierrafortscha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	NorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	44 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	45 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierrafortscha

Type of weather in Pierrafortscha	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam