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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.752,Lat: 47.2823
Elevation	451 meter above sea level
Local time	4:59:52am
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Gäu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kestenholz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Niederbuchsiten	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Oensingen	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Oberbuchsiten	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Schwarzhäusern	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Wolfwil	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	44 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	135 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	285 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 10.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 76%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.1 km2

38.4%

Agriculture

35.6 km2

45.3%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.8%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kestenholz in country Switzerland

Kestenholz 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	34 km	East
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	72 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kestenholz

Type of weather in Kestenholz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam