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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0672,Lat: 47.0054
Elevation	821 meter above sea level
Local time	18:12:50pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus Süd

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mitlödi	1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sool	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nidfurn	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Haslen	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Leuggelbach	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	38 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	363 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 km (direction South).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 Klöntaler See (2.8 km² at a height of around 847 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hausstock with a height of 3158 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 36%, high mountains: 31%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.8 km2

48.1%

Nature

16.1 km2

20.5%

Agriculture

11.3 km2

14.3%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Rock-Sand

6.8 km2

8.6%

Ice - Glacier

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwändi in country Switzerland

Schwändi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	17 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	52 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	72 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schwanden

Type of weather in Schwanden	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam