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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8509,Lat: 47.1819
Elevation	573 meter above sea level
Local time	8:37:28am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Oberaargau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melchnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Busswil bei Melchnau	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Chlyrot	2.1 km	North
3 Reisiswil	2.3 km	South
4 Altbüron	2.5 km	East
5 Untersteckholz	2.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	40 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	127 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	299 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 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 is Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.6 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 20.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 40.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 6%, low mountains: 94%, 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.1 km2

29.4%

Agriculture

51.5 km2

65.6%

Urban area

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melchnau in country Switzerland

Melchnau 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	29 km	EastNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	40 km	SouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	77 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melchnau

Type of weather in Melchnau	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam