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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4176,Lat: 46.6452
Elevation	983 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:03am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Obersimmental-Saanen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Boltigen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Waldried	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Adlemsried	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Oberwil im Simmental	1.9 km	NorthEast
4 Boltigen	3 km	SouthWest
5 Buusche	3.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	34 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	170 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	323 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 267 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 18.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 51.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 2%, moderate high mountains: 51%, high mountains: 47%, 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 nature.

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 105 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.7 km2

32.8%

Nature

27.3 km2

34.7%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pfaffenried in country Switzerland

Pfaffenried at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	34 km	North
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	49 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	50 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberwil im Simmental

Type of weather in Oberwil im Simmental	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam