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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5248,Lat: 47.5064
Elevation	331 meter above sea level
Local time	22:12:55pm
Name province/region	Basel-Landschaft
Name Subregion	Arlesheim
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Biel-Benken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bättwil	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Neuwiller	2.2 km	North
3 Therwil	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Witterswil	2.4 km	South
5 Oberwil (BL)	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	62 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	156 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	256 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 355 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 40.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basel with a height of 278 meter (at a distance of 6.7 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 0.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 10.5 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 91%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 0%, 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
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Tafeljuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura tabulaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 9.3 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.7 km2

25.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.2%

Urban area

18 km2

22.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biel-Benken in country Switzerland

Biel-Benken 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	57 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	62 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	69 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Biel-Benken
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Therwil

Type of weather in Therwil	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam