Hotels at Gluringen booking.com

Gluringen

Booking.com

Gluringen

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.233,Lat: 46.4642
Elevation	1396 meter above sea level
Local time	1:09:42am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Goms
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Reckingen-Gluringen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reckingen	0.9 km	NorthEast
2 Ritzingen	1.1 km	SouthWest
3 Biel	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Selkingen	1.9 km	SouthWest
5 Blitzingen	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	81 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	124 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	310 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 230 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Oberaarsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 2302 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Blinnenhorn with a height of 3374 meter (at a distance of 7.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.9 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 14%, high mountains: 86%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Hochgelegene Berglandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard d’altitude des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.8 km2

27.8%

Nature

37.1 km2

47.3%

Agriculture

10.4 km2

13.3%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

7.5 km2

9.5%

Ice - Glacier

0.4 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gluringen in country Switzerland

Gluringen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	16 km	WestNorthWest
2 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	68 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	81 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Gluringen
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Gluringen
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Goms District

Type of weather in Goms District	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam