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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0984,Lat: 46.6032
Elevation	723 meter above sea level
Local time	18:00:52pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Broc

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Epagny	2 km	SouthWest
2 Botterens	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Morlon	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Châtel-sur-Montsalvens	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Gruyères	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	46 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	194 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	320 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 274 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 1.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 9.1 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly western 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 86 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.1 km2

31.9%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

35.6 km2

45.3%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Broc in country Switzerland

Broc at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	25 km	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	30 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	47 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Broc

Type of weather in Broc	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam