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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3013,Lat: 48.1659
Elevation	292 meter above sea level
Local time	0:55:08am
Name province/region	Alsace
Name Subregion	Haut-Rhin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Name	Riquewihr

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zellenberg	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Hunawihr	2 km	NorthEast
3 Mittelwihr	2 km	SouthEast
4 Beblenheim	2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Sigolsheim	3.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	136 km	South
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	182 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	202 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 417 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Longemer (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 21.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Vosges

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

39.8%

Agriculture

12.1 km2

15.4%

Viticulture

28.2 km2

35.9%

Urban area

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riquewihr in country France

Riquewihr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	57 km	NorthEast
2 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	101 km	NorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	120 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Collines sous-vosgiennes	FR	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riquewihr

Type of weather in Riquewihr	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam