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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1631,Lat: 47.2794
Elevation	1005 meter above sea level
Local time	15:38:49pm
Name province/region	Jura
Name Subregion	Les Franches-Montagnes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lajoux (JU)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bellelay	1.8 km	South
2 Lajoux (JU)	1.9 km	West
3 Châtelat	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Saulcy	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rebévelier	2.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	43 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	179 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	270 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 16.8 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 87%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Plateaulandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de plateau du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38 km2

48.4%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

50.3%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fornet in country Switzerland

Fornet at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	32 km	SouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	43 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	79 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bellelay

Type of weather in Bellelay	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam