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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8384,Lat: 46.1953
Elevation	1381 meter above sea level
Local time	12:21:17pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grächen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gasenried	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Embd	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Niklaus	3.6 km	SouthWest
4 Eisten	4.2 km	East
5 Törbel	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	89 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	166 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	275 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 209 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Stausee Mattmark (1.6 km² at a height of around 2196 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dom with a height of 4545 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 18.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 24%, high mountains: 76%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.7 km2

40.4%

Nature

23.5 km2

29.9%

Agriculture

3.9 km2

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Rock-Sand

16.2 km2

20.6%

Ice - Glacier

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grächen in country Switzerland

Grächen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	37 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	82 km	South
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	84 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grächen

Type of weather in Grächen	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam