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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6342,Lat: 46.3417
Elevation	1471 meter above sea level
Local time	21:21:01pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Leuk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albinen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Inden	1.3 km	West
2 Leuk	2.6 km	South
3 Varen	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Guttet	3.6 km	SouthEast
5 Feschel	3.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	69 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	169 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	290 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 230 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Daubensee (0.6 km² at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.1 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 35.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 56%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 116 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.1 km2

38.3%

Nature

23 km2

29.2%

Agriculture

11.3 km2

14.4%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Rock-Sand

8.2 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Albinen in country Switzerland

Albinen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	35 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	64 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	69 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Albinen

Type of weather in Albinen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam