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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5964,Lat: 47.2609
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	1:39:21am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Horgen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horgen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberrieden	2.2 km	NorthWest
2 Arn	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Widenbach	3 km	South
4 Sihlwald	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Herrliberg	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	71 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	94 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	319 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 315 km (direction South).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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 43%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Agriculture

23.3 km2

29.7%

Urban area

16.7 km2

21.3%

Water - Lakes

18.1 km2

23%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horgen in country Switzerland

Horgen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	30 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	60 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	62 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bezirk Horgen

Type of weather in Bezirk Horgen	light intensity drizzle
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam