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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5887,Lat: 46.8081
Elevation	567 meter above sea level
Local time	22:39:28pm
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Jura-Nord vaudois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Essert-sous-Champvent	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Valeyres-sous-Montagny	1.9 km	SouthEast
3 Vugelles	2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 La Mothe	2.1 km	NorthWest
5 Peney	2.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	67 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	226 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	313 km	North

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 Lac de Neuchâtel (212.8 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 19.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.7 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

48 km2

61.1%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orges in country Switzerland

Orges at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	37 km	SouthSouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	38 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	42 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giez

Type of weather in Giez	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam