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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7417,Lat: 46.6554
Elevation	766 meter above sea level
Local time	21:29:45pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Gros-de-Vaud
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Jorat-Menthue

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Martherenges	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Villars-Mendraz	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Hermenches	1.9 km	SouthEast
4 Montaubion-Chardonney	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Possens	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	63 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	219 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	329 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 22.7 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 80%, moderate high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 67 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.2 km2

29.6%

Agriculture

51.7 km2

65.8%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sottens in country Switzerland

Sottens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	18 km	South
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	22 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	50 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sottens

Type of weather in Sottens	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam