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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7996,Lat: 46.3115
Elevation	715 meter above sea level
Local time	1:39:34am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Raron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Raron

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Turtig	0.9 km	South
2 Niedergesteln	1.5 km	West
3 Sankt German	1.7 km	East
4 Eischoll	2.5 km	SouthWest
5 Unterbäch	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	76 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	161 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	288 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 222 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Daubensee (0.6 km² at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 44%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.6 km2

45.3%

Nature

12.7 km2

16.1%

Agriculture

20.2 km2

25.7%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.4%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raron in country Switzerland

Raron at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	28 km	NorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	76 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	77 km	WestNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raron

Type of weather in Raron	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam