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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5623,Lat: 46.721
Elevation	679 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:53pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Stocken-Höfen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberstocken	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Niederstocken	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsoldingen	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Pohlern	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Uebeschi	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	156 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	332 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 5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 10.8 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 64%, moderate high mountains: 16%, high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
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 97 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

25.3%

Nature

12.5 km2

16%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.9%

Urban area

5.5 km2

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Höfen in country Switzerland

Höfen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	44 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	63 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Höfen

Type of weather in Höfen	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam