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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5004,Lat: 47.4239
Elevation	419 meter above sea level
Local time	12:03:22pm
Name province/region	Basel-Landschaft
Name Subregion	Laufen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Laufen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Röschenz	1.8 km	West
2 Dittingen	2 km	North
3 Zwingen	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Wahlen bei Laufen	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Brislach	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	53 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	156 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	263 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 346 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 31.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 13.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 19.6 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 56%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 19 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39 km2

49.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

37.5%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laufen in country Switzerland

Laufen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	53 km	South
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	56 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	62 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laufen

Type of weather in Laufen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam