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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0011,Lat: 46.1779
Elevation	389 meter above sea level
Local time	9:06:18am
Name province/region	Genève
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dardagny

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Avully	0.9 km	South
2 Russin	1.4 km	NorthEast
3 Cartigny	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Challex	2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Dardagny	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	140 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	290 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	294 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 285 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Barrage du Rhône (0.7 km² at a distance of 2.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Crêt de la Neige with a height of 1720 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction NorthNorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 0.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 98%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Flusslandschaft -- Paysage fluvial

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.6 km2

22.4%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.7%

Viticulture

7.5 km2

9.5%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Plaine in country Switzerland

La Plaine at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	67 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	71 km	EastNorthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	85 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Russin

Type of weather in Russin	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam