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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3093,Lat: 47.0457
Elevation	441 meter above sea level
Local time	7:09:38am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Luzern-Stadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Luzern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kriens	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Seeburg	2.7 km	East
3 Horw	3 km	South
4 Emmen	3.5 km	North
5 St. Niklausen	3.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	67 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	93 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	328 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 km (direction South).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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 58 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.6 km2

18.5%

Agriculture

17.1 km2

21.7%

Urban area

32.9 km2

41.9%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

10.9 km2

13.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luzern in country Switzerland

Luzern 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	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	64 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	66 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lucerne

Type of weather in Lucerne	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam