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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9661,Lat: 47.263
Elevation	452 meter above sea level
Local time	7:54:10am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Willisau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Adelboden	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brittnau	1.4 km	West
3 Reiden	1.8 km	South
4 Reidermoos	2.2 km	SouthEast
5 Zofingen	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	53 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	119 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	294 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 321 km (direction South).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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 24.7 km and direction WestNorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 60%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 Zürich Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.3 km2

43.7%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

30.9 km2

39.3%

Urban area

12.9 km2

16.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wikon in country Switzerland

Wikon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	18 km	East
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	53 km	SouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	85 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wikon

Type of weather in Wikon	moderate rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam