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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8927,Lat: 46.351
Elevation	379 meter above sea level
Local time	12:38:56pm
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Aigle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chessel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Evouettes	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Vouvry	1.6 km	South
3 Crebelley	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Miex	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Roche (VD)	3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	78 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	219 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	293 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 258 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cornettes de Bise with a height of 2432 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.5 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 59%, low mountains: 10%, moderate high mountains: 22%, high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36 km2

45.9%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

31.7 km2

40.4%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chessel in country Switzerland

Chessel 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	14 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	19 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	79 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vouvry

Type of weather in Vouvry	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam