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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5332,Lat: 46.7803
Elevation	571 meter above sea level
Local time	13:24:45pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gurzelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Seftigen	1 km	NorthEast
2 Forst	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Wattenwil	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Burgistein	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Längenbühl	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	20 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	157 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	332 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 278 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 66.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 87%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

58.5 km2

74.4%

Urban area

7.9 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gurzelen in country Switzerland

Gurzelen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	20 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	49 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	64 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Seftigen

Type of weather in Seftigen	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	36 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam