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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3835,Lat: 47.3016
Elevation	702 meter above sea level
Local time	13:32:16pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Jura bernois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Roches (BE)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hautes Roches	1.2 km	West
2 Choindez	2.1 km	North
3 Belprahon	2.5 km	SouthEast
4 Moutier	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Vellerat	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	40 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	163 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	273 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 336 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 15.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 7.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 6%, low mountains: 56%, moderate high mountains: 38%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Hügellandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.2 km2

55%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

28.5 km2

36.3%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roches (BE) in country Switzerland

Roches (BE) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	40 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	47 km	WestSouthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	62 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roches

Type of weather in Roches	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam