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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.05,Lat: 47.1337
Elevation	542 meter above sea level
Local time	17:54:42pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Sursee
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grosswangen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stätebach	2.9 km	South
2 Ettiswil	3 km	NorthWest
3 Kottwil	3.3 km	North
4 Alberswil	4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Mauensee	4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	112 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	310 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 305 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 46.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

13.4%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

61.8 km2

78.7%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grosswangen in country Switzerland

Grosswangen 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	20 km	NorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	50 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	70 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grosswangen

Type of weather in Grosswangen	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam