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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5551,Lat: 46.949
Elevation	583 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:47am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vechigen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boll	0.9 km	NorthWest
2 Utzigen	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Dentenberg	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Radelfingen	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Worb	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	8.5 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	151 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	314 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 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 Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 55.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 79%, moderate high mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 5.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.1 km2

28.2%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

45.8 km2

58.4%

Urban area

9.4 km2

12%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vechigen in country Switzerland

Vechigen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	8 km	West
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	58 km	WestNorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	62 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vechigen

Type of weather in Vechigen	fog
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam