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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5274,Lat: 46.991
Elevation	470 meter above sea level
Local time	18:39:25pm
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	Gersau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gersau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Emmetten	3.9 km	South
2 Vitznau	4 km	NorthWest
3 Seelisberg	4.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Beckenried	4.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lauerz	6.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	77 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	341 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 285 km (direction South).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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 3.8 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 58.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 38%, high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.3 km2

41.1%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

16.1 km2

20.5%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Water - Lakes

26.3 km2

33.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gersau in country Switzerland

Gersau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	40 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	56 km	East
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	66 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gersau
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gersau

Type of weather in Gersau	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam