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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3382,Lat: 47.1749
Elevation	560 meter above sea level
Local time	8:47:13am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Biel#Bienne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pieterlen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Romont (BE)	1.6 km	North
2 Meinisberg	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lengnau (BE)	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Safnern	3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Vauffelin	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	166 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	285 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 324 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 2.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 50%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.2 km2

40.9%

Agriculture

34.1 km2

43.3%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.4%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pieterlen in country Switzerland

Pieterlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	39 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	67 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pieterlen

Type of weather in Pieterlen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam