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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0618,Lat: 46.6399
Elevation	738 meter above sea level
Local time	1:56:58am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riaz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Echarlens	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Marsens	1.8 km	North
3 Vuippens	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Morlon	2.4 km	SouthEast
5 Bulle	2.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	45 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	196 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 279 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 (reservoir) is Lac de la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.3 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 30 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 60%, moderate high mountains: 40%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.6%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.7%

Water - Lakes

5.1 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riaz in country Switzerland

Riaz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	26 km	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	29 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	45 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riaz

Type of weather in Riaz	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam