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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9401,Lat: 46.6649
Elevation	767 meter above sea level
Local time	5:13:13am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Fribourg
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	La Glâne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vuisternens-devant-Romont

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Estévenens	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vuisternens-devant-Romont	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Mézières (FR)	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Grangettes	2 km	NorthEast
5 Rueyres	2.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	50 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	204 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 286 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 10.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 22 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 47%, moderate high mountains: 53%, 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 80 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

66.8 km2

85%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villariaz in country Switzerland

Villariaz 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	23 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	24 km	SouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	49 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Estévenens

Type of weather in Estévenens	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam