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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4105,Lat: 47.0637
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	14:26:52pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Seeland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rapperswil (BE)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vogelsang	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Frauchwil	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Zimlisberg	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Wierezwil	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Dieterswil	1.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	13 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	161 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	299 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 13.2 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 39.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 14%, low mountains: 86%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.5%

Agriculture

49.2 km2

62.7%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rapperswil (BE) in country Switzerland

Rapperswil (BE) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	13 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	44 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	65 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wengi

Type of weather in Wengi	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam