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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5313,Lat: 46.8509
Elevation	589 meter above sea level
Local time	8:20:12am
Name province/region	Graubünden
Name Subregion	Plessur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maladers	2.9 km	SouthEast
2 Haldenstein	3.2 km	North
3 Felsberg	4.6 km	West
4 Praden	4.8 km	SouthEast
5 Calfreisen	5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	32 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	160 km	West
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	384 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 272 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lünersee (1.5 km² at a height of around 1969 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ringelspitz with a height of 3247 meter (at a distance of 15.3 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 24 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 Zürich Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.6 km2

60.6%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

15.9 km2

20.2%

Urban area

8.8 km2

11.2%

Rock-Sand

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chur in country Switzerland

Chur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	23 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	65 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chur

Type of weather in Chur	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam