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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0359,Lat: 46.2094
Elevation	1025 meter above sea level
Local time	21:12:47pm
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Aigle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lavey-Morcles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lavey-les-Bains	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lavey	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 St-Maurice	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Le Châtel	3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Evionnaz	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	88 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	217 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	276 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 238 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 (reservoir) is Lac de Salanfe (1.8 km² at a height of around 1924 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pas de Morgins with a height of 1369 meter (at a distance of 15.4 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 22%, high mountains: 40%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.2 km2

44.8%

Nature

15 km2

19.1%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

16.8%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

6.1 km2

7.7%

Rock-Sand

7.9 km2

10%

Ice - Glacier

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morcles in country Switzerland

Morcles at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	33 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	39 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	83 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morcles

Type of weather in Morcles	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam