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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2216,Lat: 46.1721
Elevation	476 meter above sea level
Local time	1:54:19am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Martigny
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riddes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leytron	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Isérables	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Saillon	2.7 km	West
4 Montagnon	2.8 km	NorthWest
5 Chamoson	3.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	88 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	206 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	271 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 227 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 (reservoir) is Lac des Dix (3.8 km² at a height of around 2363 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Les Diablerets with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 14.9 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 24.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 26%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

40.2%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.8%

Agriculture

17.8 km2

22.7%

Viticulture

13.5 km2

17.2%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.5%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riddes in country Switzerland

Riddes 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	45 km	NorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	51 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	72 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riddes

Type of weather in Riddes	moderate rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:52 Europe/Amsterdam