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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0157,Lat: 46.0867
Elevation	1004 meter above sea level
Local time	12:40:46pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Capriasca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Insone	1 km	East
2 Bidogno	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Scareglia	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Cimadera	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Roveredo	2.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	123 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	154 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	290 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 185 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lugano (12 km² at a height of around 273 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo Menone with a height of 2245 meter (at a distance of 10.8 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 61%, high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Insubrische Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard insubrien des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.5 km2

74.5%

Nature

16.4 km2

20.9%

Agriculture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Corticiasca in country Switzerland

Corticiasca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	12 km	North
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	17 km	SouthEast
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	23 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Curtina

Type of weather in Curtina	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam