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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4315,Lat: 47.1037
Elevation	614 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:53pm
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Bucheggberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Biezwil	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Messen	1.8 km	SouthEast
3 Ruppoldsried	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Lüterswil-Gächliwil	2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Oberramsern	2.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	17 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	159 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	295 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 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 is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 6.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 17.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 32%, low mountains: 68%, 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.4 km2

32.3%

Agriculture

49.9 km2

63.6%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balm bei Messen in country Switzerland

Balm bei Messen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	17 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	45 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	62 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messen

Type of weather in Messen	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam