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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.105,Lat: 45.9156
Elevation	1765 meter above sea level
Local time	1:40:22am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Entremont
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orsières

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Fouly	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Praz de Fort	8.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Bourg-Saint-Pierre	8.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Issert	9.8 km	North
5 Drance	10.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	117 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	230 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	243 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 208 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Mauvoisin (2.1 km² at a height of around 1974 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Col du Ferret with a height of 2537 meter (at a distance of 3.6 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench Swiss Italian tripoint with a straight distance of 4.7 km (direction West).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 0%, high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

39.5 km2

50.3%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

24.5 km2

31.2%

Ice - Glacier

7.6 km2

9.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ferret in country Switzerland

Ferret 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	65 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	70 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	78 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ferret

Type of weather in Ferret	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam