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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2467,Lat: 47.1367
Elevation	505 meter above sea level
Local time	21:06:01pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Biel#Bienne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Biel#Bienne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nidau	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Evilard	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Magglingen	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Port	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ipsach	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	26 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	173 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	287 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 323 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 Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 9.5 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 51%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

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

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

40.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

18.1 km2

23%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

22 km2

28%

Water - Lakes

5.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biel/Bienne in country Switzerland

Biel/Bienne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	26 km	SouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	32 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	75 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Biel/Bienne

Type of weather in Biel/Bienne	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam