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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5947,Lat: 47.5013
Elevation	435 meter above sea level
Local time	11:20:52am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Bülach
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Embrach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lufingen	1.3 km	South
2 Oberembrach	2.4 km	SouthEast
3 Eschenmosen	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Augwil	3 km	South
5 Winkel	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	81 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	107 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	297 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 341 km (direction South).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 Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 14.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 50%, low mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 6 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.6 km2

33.9%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

34.7 km2

44.2%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.5%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Embrach in country Switzerland

Embrach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	38 km	SouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	41 km	EastNorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	60 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Embrach

Type of weather in Embrach	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam