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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8958,Lat: 47.227
Elevation	499 meter above sea level
Local time	6:12:02am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Willisau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfaffnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Roggliswil	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Richenthal	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Untersteckholz	4.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Chlyrot	4.8 km	SouthWest
5 Altbüron	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	124 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	296 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 km (direction South).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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 22.7 km and direction NorthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 35.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 26%, low mountains: 74%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.4 km2

36.2%

Agriculture

47.3 km2

60.2%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pfaffnau in country Switzerland

Pfaffnau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	24 km	EastNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	81 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pfaffnau

Type of weather in Pfaffnau	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam