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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8691,Lat: 45.9863
Elevation	400 meter above sea level
Local time	19:07:28pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pura

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Neggio	1 km	East
2 Magliaso	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Curio	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Vernate	1.8 km	NorthEast
5 Caslano	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	138 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	153 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	275 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 173 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago di Lugano with a height of 271 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 3.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.9 km2

58.5%

Agriculture

2.5 km2

3.2%

Urban area

21.2 km2

27%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pura in country Switzerland

Pura at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	11 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	23 km	East
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pura

Type of weather in Pura	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:47 Europe/Amsterdam