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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6429,Lat: 46.8072
Elevation	496 meter above sea level
Local time	8:52:03am
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Jura-Nord vaudois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grandson

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Giez	1.9 km	West
2 Corcelettes	2 km	NorthEast
3 Fiez	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Valeyres-sous-Montagny	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Champagne	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	63 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	222 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	314 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 0.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 15.8 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

38 km2

48.3%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.2%

Urban area

11.1 km2

14.2%

Water - Lakes

16.5 km2

21%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grandson in country Switzerland

Grandson at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	36 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	36 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	40 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grandson

Type of weather in Grandson	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam