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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0599,Lat: 46.6691
Elevation	822 meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:44pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sorens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marsens	1.5 km	South
2 Vuippens	1.6 km	SouthEast
3 Echarlens	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Avry-devant-Pont	3 km	NorthEast
5 Riaz	3.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	43 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	195 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	327 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 282 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 (reservoir) is Lac de la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 48%, moderate high mountains: 52%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.7%

Agriculture

49.4 km2

62.9%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sorens in country Switzerland

Sorens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	28 km	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	31 km	SouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	43 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sorens

Type of weather in Sorens	moderate rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:52 Europe/Amsterdam