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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7174,Lat: 46.7363
Elevation	1165 meter above sea level
Local time	21:07:03pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sigriswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tschingel	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ringoldswil	1.8 km	West
3 Sigriswil	2 km	South
4 Aeschlen	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Meiersmaad	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	31 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	145 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	334 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 269 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Thunersee with a height of 558 meter (at a distance of 8.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 62%, high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly western 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 26 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.3 km2

38.6%

Nature

8.1 km2

10.2%

Agriculture

22 km2

28%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

13.8 km2

17.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwanden in country Switzerland

Schwanden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	31 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	36 km	SouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	71 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sigriswil

Type of weather in Sigriswil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam