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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5766,Lat: 46.8481
Elevation	550 meter above sea level
Local time	6:15:20am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wichtrach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Häutligen	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gerzensee	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Kiesen	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Tägertschi	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Münsingen	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	15 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	152 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	325 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 284 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 12.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 14.9 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly western 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
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.9 km2

22.8%

Agriculture

51.7 km2

65.9%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wichtrach in country Switzerland

Wichtrach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	15 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	52 km	SouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	63 km	WestNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wichtrach

Type of weather in Wichtrach	fog
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam