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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.695,Lat: 46.8933
Elevation	719 meter above sea level
Local time	8:19:10am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bowil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberhofen	0.9 km	North
2 Rünkhofen	1.3 km	NorthWest
3 Steinen	2.2 km	NorthEast
4 Zäziwil	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Oberthal	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	142 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	324 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 286 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 71%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.6 km2

35.2%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.6%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bowil in country Switzerland

Bowil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	51 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	58 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bowil

Type of weather in Bowil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam