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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6857,Lat: 46.7501
Elevation	1054 meter above sea level
Local time	4:59:00am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Heiligenschwendi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ringoldswil	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oberhofen am Thunersee	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Homberg	2.6 km	North
4 Hilterfingen	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Teuffenthal (BE)	2.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	29 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	146 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	335 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 271 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 2.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Thunersee with a height of 558 meter (at a distance of 11.5 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 57%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 23 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.4 km2

33.7%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

26.6 km2

33.9%

Urban area

10.5 km2

13.4%

Water - Lakes

12.9 km2

16.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heiligenschwendi in country Switzerland

Heiligenschwendi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	28 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	39 km	SouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	71 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schwendi

Type of weather in Schwendi	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam