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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.928,Lat: 46.8722
Elevation	484 meter above sea level
Local time	12:33:17pm
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Broye-Vully
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grandcour

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rueyres-les-Prés	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vallon	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gletterens	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Chevroux	2.8 km	NorthWest
5 Forel	3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	40 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	200 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	310 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 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 is Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 96%, low mountains: 4%, 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.5 km2

Wet nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

54.1 km2

68.9%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.7%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

11 km2

14%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grandcour in country Switzerland

Grandcour at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	41 km	East
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chevroux

Type of weather in Chevroux	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam