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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1298,Lat: 46.6138
Elevation	1056 meter above sea level
Local time	7:09:23am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Crésuz	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Botterens	1.6 km	NorthWest
3 Charmey	2.7 km	East
4 Broc	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cerniat (FR)	3.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	44 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	192 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 Montsalvens (0.8 km² at a height of around 800 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 9.6 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 59%, high mountains: 9%, 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.8 km2

41.7%

Nature

5 km2

6.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.3%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens in country Switzerland

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens 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	28 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	32 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam