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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6791,Lat: 46.6877
Elevation	631 meter above sea level
Local time	19:43:12pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Spiez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gunten	3.3 km	NorthEast
2 Wimmis	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Aeschi bei Spiez	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Aeschlen	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sigriswil	4.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	149 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	328 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 264 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 0.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 55.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 80%, moderate high mountains: 17%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.9 km2

22.8%

Nature

2 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

25.4%

Urban area

11 km2

14%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

27 km2

34.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Spiez in country Switzerland

Spiez at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	34 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	70 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Spiez

Type of weather in Spiez	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam