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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.448,Lat: 47.0919
Elevation	477 meter above sea level
Local time	2:58:31am
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Bucheggberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brunnenthal	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Balm bei Messen	1.8 km	NorthWest
3 Ruppoldsried	1.9 km	West
4 Bittwil	2.2 km	SouthWest
5 Etzelkofen	2.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	16 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	158 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	297 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 8.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 76%, 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.2 km2

30.8%

Agriculture

50.9 km2

64.8%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Messen in country Switzerland

Messen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	16 km	South
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	47 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	61 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messen

Type of weather in Messen	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam