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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8251,Lat: 46.1358
Elevation	279 meter above sea level
Local time	6:18:10am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gambarogno

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vira (Gambarogno)	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Magadino	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gerra (Gambarogno)	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Locarno	4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Indemini	4.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	124 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	139 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	289 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 190 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Maggiore (Langensee) (39.1 km² at a height of around 192 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago Maggiore with a height of 193 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 18%, low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly flatern 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
Insubrische Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard insubrien des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.6 km2

40.2%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.4%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

3.1 km2

Urban area

10.5 km2

13.3%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

24.6 km2

31.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piazzogna in country Switzerland

Piazzogna at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	17 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	28 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	32 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Magadino

Type of weather in Magadino	mist
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam