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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0385,Lat: 47.0833
Elevation	654 meter above sea level
Local time	11:45:44am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Willisau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Menznau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geiss	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Daiwil	2.4 km	NorthWest
3 Stätebach	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Schülen	3 km	West
5 Wolhusen	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	48 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	113 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	315 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 11.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 51.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 83%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.6 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

58.4 km2

74.4%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Menznau in country Switzerland

Menznau 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	25 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	47 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	65 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Menznau

Type of weather in Menznau	moderate rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam