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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8333,Lat: 46.635
Elevation	712 meter above sea level
Local time	11:24:42am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Glâne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ursy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Esmonts	1.1 km	NorthEast
2 Vuarmarens	1.1 km	North
3 Rue	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Montet (Glâne)	2 km	NorthWest
5 Vauderens	2.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	58 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	213 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	325 km	South

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 Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 73%, moderate high mountains: 27%, 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 71 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.3 km2

20.7%

Agriculture

57.6 km2

73.4%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ursy in country Switzerland

Ursy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	17 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	19 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	52 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ursy

Type of weather in Ursy	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam