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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6452,Lat: 46.5884
Elevation	887 meter above sea level
Local time	14:25:04pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Frutigen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kien	4.3 km	NorthEast
2 Kandergrund	5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Scharnachtal	5.1 km	NorthEast
4 Reichenbach im Kandertal	5.6 km	NorthEast
5 Kiental	6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	43 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	156 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	317 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 255 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 10.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 6.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 49%, high mountains: 41%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 38 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.7 km2

27.6%

Nature

23.3 km2

29.6%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

36.6%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Frutigen in country Switzerland

Frutigen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	31 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	43 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	64 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Frutigen

Type of weather in Frutigen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam