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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0733,Lat: 46.6481
Elevation	716 meter above sea level
Local time	12:29:51pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Echarlens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marsens	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Vuippens	1.2 km	North
3 Riaz	1.3 km	SouthWest
4 Corbières	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sorens	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	44 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	194 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	325 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 279 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 la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 60%, moderate high mountains: 40%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.7 km2

21.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

45.8 km2

58.3%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Water - Lakes

6.4 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Echarlens in country Switzerland

Echarlens 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	27 km	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	30 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Echarlens

Type of weather in Echarlens	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam