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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6314,Lat: 47.1444
Elevation	472 meter above sea level
Local time	22:57:55pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Emmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Höchstetten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Willadingen	1.3 km	West
2 Hellsau	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Heinrichswil	1.4 km	North
4 Winistorf	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Alchenstorf	2.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	26 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	143 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	296 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 19.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 25 km and direction North).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 60%, low mountains: 40%, 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

30.4%

Agriculture

45.9 km2

58.4%

Urban area

8.8 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Höchstetten in country Switzerland

Höchstetten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	26 km	SouthWest
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	46 km	EastNorthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	61 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alchenstorf

Type of weather in Alchenstorf	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam