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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6446,Lat: 47.2696
Elevation	482 meter above sea level
Local time	6:06:29am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Meilen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meilen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uetikon am See	2.5 km	East
2 Herrliberg	2.8 km	NorthWest
3 Wetzwil	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Horgen	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Männedorf	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	68 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	98 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	320 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 316 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 14.8 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 50%, low mountains: 47%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.2%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Urban area

18.8 km2

24%

Water - Lakes

22 km2

28.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meilen in country Switzerland

Meilen 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	33 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	57 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	58 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meilen

Type of weather in Meilen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam