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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5156,Lat: 46.9916
Elevation	713 meter above sea level
Local time	1:21:22am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bolligen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hueb	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bolligen	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Ittigen	3 km	SouthWest
4 Bäriswil	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Lindental	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	7.4 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	153 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	309 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 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 (reservoir) is Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 7.4 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 92%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 8.7 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.8 km2

37.9%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.8%

Urban area

16.5 km2

21%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Geristein in country Switzerland

Geristein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	6.9 km	SouthWest
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	53 km	WestNorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	61 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bolligen

Type of weather in Bolligen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam