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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6973,Lat: 47.3166
Elevation	592 meter above sea level
Local time	23:29:36pm
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Thal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Balsthal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Höngen	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mümliswil	2.8 km	North
3 Oensingen	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Laupersdorf	3.6 km	West
5 Ramiswil	4.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	45 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	140 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	280 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 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 30.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 5.8 km and direction NorthNorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 24 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 18%, low mountains: 56%, moderate high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.8 km2

49.4%

Agriculture

31.4 km2

39.9%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balsthal in country Switzerland

Balsthal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	39 km	East
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	45 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	70 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balsthal

Type of weather in Balsthal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam