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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5525,Lat: 46.7175
Elevation	694 meter above sea level
Local time	20:31:05pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Stocken-Höfen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Höfen	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pohlern	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Niederstocken	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Amsoldingen	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Uebeschi	2.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	157 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	331 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 271 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 11 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 64.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 25%, 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22 km2

28%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.3%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

46.6%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberstocken in country Switzerland

Oberstocken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	44 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	62 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberstocken

Type of weather in Oberstocken	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam