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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.69,Lat: 47.2909
Elevation	926 meter above sea level
Local time	10:21:28am
Name province/region	Salzburg
Name Subregion	Zell am See
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piesendorf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hummersdorf	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Piesendorf	2 km	East
3 Jesdorf	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Mühlbach	3.3 km	SouthWest
5 Niedernsill	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	195 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	241 km	West
3 Wien	Austria	294 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 177 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Inn, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Zeller See (4.1 km² at a height of around 749 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Birnhorn with a height of 2634 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 28.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 49%, high mountains: 31%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Zentralalpen - zentraler Teil

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Munich Airport (at a distance of 136 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salzburg Airport (at a distance of 61 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.6 km2

45.3%

Nature

14.8 km2

18.9%

Agriculture

24.6 km2

31.3%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Walchen in country Austria

Walchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	63 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	78 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Dolomites	Italy	85 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lucia-Lacke	AT	3.9 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Politischer Bezirk Zell am See

Type of weather in Politischer Bezirk Zell am See	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:17 Europe/Amsterdam