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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4867,Lat: 47.4697
Elevation	527 meter above sea level
Local time	5:06:09am
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Dorneck
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Metzerlen-Mariastein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Metzerlen	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Hofstetten	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Rodersdorf	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bättwil	2.9 km	NorthEast
5 Biederthal	3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	58 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	158 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	258 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 352 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 35.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basel with a height of 278 meter (at a distance of 11.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 15.4 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Hügellandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 14 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.4 km2

45.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

35.2 km2

44.8%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mariastein in country Switzerland

Mariastein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	58 km	South
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	58 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	64 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Metzerlen

Type of weather in Metzerlen	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam