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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.522,Lat: 46.7632
Elevation	601 meter above sea level
Local time	8:06:25am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forst-Längenbühl

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Längenbühl	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Wattenwil	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Gurzelen	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Blumenstein	2.5 km	South
5 Burgistein	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	21 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	158 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	333 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 276 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 is Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 65.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 72%, moderate high mountains: 28%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

52.8 km2

67.2%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forst in country Switzerland

Forst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	21 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	49 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	62 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forst

Type of weather in Forst	moderate rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam