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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0825,Lat: 46.5809
Elevation	730 meter above sea level
Local time	12:36:22pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gruyères

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pringy	0.8 km	West
2 Epagny	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Enney	1.7 km	South
4 Le Pâquier (FR)	2.5 km	NorthWest
5 Broc	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	49 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	196 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	317 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 272 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 (reservoir) is Lac de la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 46%, high mountains: 13%, 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.7 km2

34%

Nature

5.5 km2

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.6%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gruyères in country Switzerland

Gruyères at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	23 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	28 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	50 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gruyères

Type of weather in Gruyères	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam