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General information - Location

Country	Liechtenstein
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5226,Lat: 47.2127
Elevation	495 meter above sea level
Local time	11:48:10am
Population	4000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Eschen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gamprin	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Mauren	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Haag	2.6 km	West
4 Schellenberg	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Schaanwald	3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	8 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	161 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	367 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 8 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 6.5 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 73%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 8%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 30 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

27%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

41.8 km2

53.2%

Urban area

12.3 km2

15.7%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eschen in country Liechtenstein

Eschen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	39 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	64 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bangs - Matschels	AT	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eschen

Type of weather in Eschen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:25 Europe/Amsterdam