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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2585,Lat: 46.2528
Elevation	454 meter above sea level
Local time	9:24:43am
Name province/region	Genève
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jussy	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Meinier	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Veigy-Foncenex	2.4 km	North
4 Corsier (GE)	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Lullier	2.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	119 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	268 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	294 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 277 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Genève with a height of 383 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 0.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 87%, low 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
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 12 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.3 km2

22%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

2.9%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gy in country Switzerland

Gy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	46 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	50 km	EastNorthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	82 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gy

Type of weather in Gy	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam