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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2103,Lat: 46.7612
Elevation	750 meter above sea level
Local time	13:58:14pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	Sense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Giffers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tentlingen	1.2 km	NorthWest
2 Bonnefontaine	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St. Silvester	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Rechthalten	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 St. Ursen	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	181 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 286 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 Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 21.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 47.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 59%, moderate high mountains: 41%, The hills are mainly northern 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 95 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.2 km2

21.8%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

54.4 km2

69.3%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giffers in country Switzerland

Giffers at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	28 km	NorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	44 km	SouthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giffers

Type of weather in Giffers	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam