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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3988,Lat: 47.124
Elevation	424 meter above sea level
Local time	0:50:07am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Luzern-Land
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gisikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Root	0.6 km	SouthWest
2 Honau	1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Dietwil	2.8 km	North
4 Rotkreuz	2.9 km	NorthEast
5 Meierskappel	3.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	75 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	85 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	324 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 301 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 Zuger See (Lac de Zoug) (36.1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 19.4 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 65%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10 km2

12.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

56.8 km2

72.3%

Urban area

10.1 km2

12.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gisikon in country Switzerland

Gisikon 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	22 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	69 km	EastSouthEast
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	75 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Root

Type of weather in Root	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam