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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7518,Lat: 46.615
Elevation	777 meter above sea level
Local time	4:08:01am
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Broye-Vully
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ropraz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corcelles-le-Jorat	1 km	SouthWest
2 Carrouge (VD)	2 km	SouthEast
3 Vucherens	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Mézières (VD)	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Peney-le-Jorat	2.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	64 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	219 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 288 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 Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 20.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 18.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 65%, moderate high mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
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 65 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.2 km2

33.3%

Agriculture

49.7 km2

63.3%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ropraz in country Switzerland

Ropraz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	14 km	South
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	17 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	55 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ropraz

Type of weather in Ropraz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam