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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6622,Lat: 46.5445
Elevation	860 meter above sea level
Local time	10:52:06am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kandergrund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mitholz	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Frutigen	5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Kandersteg	5.7 km	South
4 Kiental	6.9 km	NorthEast
5 Kien	8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	48 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	157 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	313 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 250 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 Oeschinensee (1.1 km² at a height of around 1577 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 11.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 44.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 43%, high mountains: 55%, 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 nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.8%

Nature

30.8 km2

39.2%

Agriculture

20.8 km2

26.5%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Rock-Sand

4.9 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kandergrund in country Switzerland

Kandergrund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	29 km	East
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	48 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	65 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kandergrund

Type of weather in Kandergrund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam