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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.033,Lat: 47.2023
Elevation	510 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:45pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Willisau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dagmersellen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wauwil	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Egolzwil	2.8 km	SouthWest
3 Knutwil	3.1 km	East
4 Kaltbach	3.1 km	SouthEast
5 Lätte	3.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	53 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	113 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	303 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 km (direction South).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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 38.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 30%, low mountains: 70%, The hills are mainly southern 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
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 48 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.9 km2

22.8%

Agriculture

51.8 km2

66%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buchs in country Switzerland

Buchs 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	16 km	EastNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	53 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	78 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Uffikon

Type of weather in Uffikon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam