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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8989,Lat: 46.6902
Elevation	766 meter above sea level
Local time	22:40:27pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Glâne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Billens-Hennens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Romont (FR)	1 km	East
2 Hennens	1.4 km	SouthWest
3 Prévonloup	1.7 km	NorthWest
4 Dompierre (VD)	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Mézières (FR)	2.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	50 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	206 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	330 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 Lac de la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 21.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 84%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9 km2

11.4%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

63.3 km2

80.6%

Urban area

5 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Billens in country Switzerland

Billens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	25 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	25 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	46 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Billens
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Billens-Hennens

Type of weather in Billens-Hennens	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam