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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6964,Lat: 47.4117
Elevation	516 meter above sea level
Local time	16:19:12pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Pfäffikon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Illnau-Effretikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Effretikon	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Volketswil	2.4 km	South
3 Tagelswangen	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Ottikon	3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Horben	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	69 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	108 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	310 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 km (direction South).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 Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 33%, low mountains: 67%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Zürich Airport (at a distance of 12 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.5 km2

27.5%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

35.2 km2

44.9%

Urban area

16.6 km2

21.2%

Infrastructure

2.6 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bisikon in country Switzerland

Bisikon 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	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	42 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	51 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bietenholz

Type of weather in Bietenholz	few clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	30 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam