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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2343,Lat: 46.2469
Elevation	439 meter above sea level
Local time	9:30:45am
Name province/region	Genève
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meinier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St-Maurice	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Corsier (GE)	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gy	2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Choulex	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Collonge-Bellerive	2.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	121 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	270 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	294 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 278 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Genève with a height of 383 meter (at a distance of 8.1 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.7 km2

11%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

48.9%

Viticulture

2.2 km2

2.7%

Urban area

14.2 km2

18.1%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

14.4 km2

18.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meinier in country Switzerland

Meinier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	48 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	52 km	EastNorthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	82 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meinier

Type of weather in Meinier	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam