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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2603,Lat: 46.7953
Elevation	787 meter above sea level
Local time	4:27:27am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	Sense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alterswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wengliswil	2.2 km	SouthEast
2 Obermonten	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 Galteren	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 St. Antoni	3.1 km	North
5 St. Ursen	3.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	22 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	176 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	324 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 (reservoir) is Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 50.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 61%, moderate high mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

60.1 km2

76.5%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alterswil in country Switzerland

Alterswil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	22 km	NorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	47 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	49 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alterswil

Type of weather in Alterswil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam