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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9903,Lat: 46.6245
Elevation	836 meter above sea level
Local time	21:51:04pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vaulruz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maules	1.5 km	North
2 Sâles	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 Vuadens	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Romanens	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rueyres	3.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	50 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	201 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	323 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 280 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 7.8 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 89%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 80 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

54 km2

68.7%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaulruz in country Switzerland

Vaulruz 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	21 km	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	24 km	SouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	50 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vaulruz

Type of weather in Vaulruz	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam