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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1067,Lat: 46.8218
Elevation	584 meter above sea level
Local time	4:49:01am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Sarine
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Belfaux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corminboeuf	1.3 km	South
2 Lossy	1.4 km	North
3 Givisiez	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Autafond	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cutterwil	2.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	29 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	187 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	318 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 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 3.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 13.1 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 39.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.2 km2

19.3%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

44.3 km2

56.4%

Urban area

15.7 km2

20%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Belfaux in country Switzerland

Belfaux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	30 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	38 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	45 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Belfaux
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Belfaux
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Belfaux

Type of weather in Belfaux	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam