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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1729,Lat: 46.929
Elevation	550 meter above sea level
Local time	15:08:56pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	See
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lurtigen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altavilla	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Büchslen	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ulmiz	2.2 km	East
4 Gempenach	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Galmiz	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	21 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	180 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	308 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 304 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 Lac de Morat (Murtensee) (22.5 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 5.4 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 35.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 38%, low mountains: 62%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.8 km2

16.2%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

50.1 km2

63.8%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.4%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lurtigen in country Switzerland

Lurtigen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	21 km	East
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	32 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	57 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lurtigen

Type of weather in Lurtigen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam