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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5488,Lat: 46.3737
Elevation	968 meter above sea level
Local time	21:03:49pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Vallemaggia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cevio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sonlèrt	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Fontana	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 S. Carlo	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Cavergno	5.5 km	SouthEast
5 Bignasco	5.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	106 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	113 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	306 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 217 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Castel (0.4 km² at a height of around 2223 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo Biela with a height of 2863 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 24%, high mountains: 69%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 50 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.7 km2

42.9%

Nature

32.1 km2

40.8%

Rock-Sand

12.8 km2

16.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foroglio in country Switzerland

Foroglio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	42 km	EastSouthEast
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	42 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cevio

Type of weather in Cevio	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam