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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5228,Lat: 46.7364
Elevation	1760 meter above sea level
Local time	18:33:33pm
Name province/region	Uri
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wassen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wassen	6.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Wiler	7.9 km	East
3 Gurtnellen	8.1 km	East
4 Göschenen	9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Intschi	10 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	86 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	88 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	344 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 257 km (direction South).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 Göscheneralpsee (1.3 km² at a height of around 1791 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Sustenpass with a height of 2224 meter (at a distance of 5.7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 30.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 4%, high mountains: 96%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Steile Berglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard abrupt des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

3.9%

Nature

34.5 km2

43.9%

Agriculture

2.8 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

27.8 km2

35.3%

Ice - Glacier

10.4 km2

13.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Färnigen in country Switzerland

Färnigen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	59 km	EastNorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	65 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wassen

Type of weather in Wassen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam