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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2143,Lat: 47.161
Elevation	1015 meter above sea level
Local time	4:37:58am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Jura bernois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orvin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Magglingen	2.2 km	South
2 Evilard	2.2 km	SouthEast
3 Les Prés-d'Orvin	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Frinvillier	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 La Heutte	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	30 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	175 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	284 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 21.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 16%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 50%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Hügellandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.9 km2

58.4%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

14.4 km2

18.4%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.3%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.8%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orvin in country Switzerland

Orvin at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	30 km	West
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	30 km	SouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	76 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orvin

Type of weather in Orvin	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam