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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5405,Lat: 47.6114
Elevation	472 meter above sea level
Local time	18:41:57pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Bülach
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rafz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wil (ZH)	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lottstetten:Nack	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lottstetten	3.1 km	NorthEast
4 Dettighofen:Berwangen	3.4 km	NorthWest
5 Dettighofen:Baltersweil	3.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	91 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	111 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	285 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 354 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Klingnauer Stausee (1.2 km² at a distance of 22 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 76%, low mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.1 km2

32%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

41.3 km2

52.6%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rafz in country Switzerland

Rafz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	40 km	EastNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	45 km	SouthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	66 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rafz

Type of weather in Rafz	heavy snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam