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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7176,Lat: 46.9056
Elevation	723 meter above sea level
Local time	22:47:01pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bowil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Signau	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Oberhofen	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bowil	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Rünkhofen	2.8 km	West
5 Schüpbach	3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	140 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 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 18.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 20.1 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 63.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 68%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.5 km2

37.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

46.9 km2

59.8%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Steinen in country Switzerland

Steinen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	51 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	56 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Signau

Type of weather in Signau	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam