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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0551,Lat: 46.7598
Elevation	930 meter above sea level
Local time	6:19:00am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schwanden bei Brienz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hofstetten bei Brienz	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Brienz (BE)	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Brienzwiler	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Axalp	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ebligen	5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	51 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	119 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	340 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 264 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 is Brienzersee (Lac de Brienz) (28.5 km² at a height of around 563 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brünigpass with a height of 1008 meter (at a distance of 6.3 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 41.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly southern 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 86 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.5 km2

33.7%

Nature

21.5 km2

27.4%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

16.8%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

5.2 km2

6.6%

Water - Lakes

8.8 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwanden bei Brienz in country Switzerland

Schwanden bei Brienz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	29 km	South
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	51 km	WestNorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	59 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brienz

Type of weather in Brienz	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam