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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6559,Lat: 46.7943
Elevation	851 meter above sea level
Local time	4:27:45am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fahrni

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fahrni	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lueg	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Kreuzweg	2.2 km	East
4 Steffisburg	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Bleiken	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	23 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	147 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	333 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 276 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 is Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 47%, moderate high mountains: 53%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 89 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 18 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.2 km2

32.1%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.3%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rachholtern in country Switzerland

Rachholtern at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	23 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	44 km	SouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	68 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fahrni

Type of weather in Fahrni	fog
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam