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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3643,Lat: 47.0097
Elevation	689 meter above sea level
Local time	1:19:41am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meikirch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grächwil	1.1 km	NorthEast
2 Bütschwil	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wahlendorf	2.1 km	West
4 Möriswil	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Jetzikofen	2.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	9.2 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	165 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	303 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 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 (reservoir) is Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 9.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 40.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 96%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern 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 66 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.2 km2

32.1%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.1%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meikirch in country Switzerland

Meikirch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	9.5 km	SouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	42 km	WestNorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	71 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schüpfen

Type of weather in Schüpfen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam