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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8354,Lat: 47.4625
Elevation	451 meter above sea level
Local time	21:34:45pm
Name province/region	Basel-Landschaft
Name Subregion	Sissach
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Böckten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thürnen	0.9 km	SouthWest
2 Gelterkinden	1.7 km	East
3 Diepflingen	1.9 km	South
4 Sissach	1.9 km	West
5 Zunzgen	2.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	64 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	133 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	270 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 344 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 Hallwiler See (10.2 km² at a height of around 448 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 15.9 km and direction SouthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 23.3 km (direction NorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 60%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Hügellandschaft des Tafeljuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura tabulaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.7 km2

44.2%

Agriculture

34.1 km2

43.4%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Böckten in country Switzerland

Böckten 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	35 km	SouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	64 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	86 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gelterkinden

Type of weather in Gelterkinden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam