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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0578,Lat: 47.0151
Elevation	464 meter above sea level
Local time	8:21:50am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Seeland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gampelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gals	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Tschugg	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 Thielle	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Wavre	3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Cornaux	3.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	30 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	188 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	297 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 316 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 Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 9.1 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

16.9%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

40.8 km2

51.9%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

10.5 km2

13.3%

Water - Lakes

11 km2

14%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gampelen in country Switzerland

Gampelen 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	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	31 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	63 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gampelen
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	Bings maps
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gampelen

Type of weather in Gampelen	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam