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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5705,Lat: 46.2213
Elevation	1376 meter above sea level
Local time	15:36:25pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Sierre
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Anniviers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vissoie	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Mayoux	1.5 km	SouthEast
3 St-Luc	1.9 km	East
4 Chandolin	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Chippis	6.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	81 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	181 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	276 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 219 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Moiry (1.3 km² at a height of around 2248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.2 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dent Blanche with a height of 4357 meter (at a distance of 21 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 21%, high mountains: 79%, The hills are mainly western 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
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Nature

22.9 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

5 km2

6.4%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Rock-Sand

4.9 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pinsec in country Switzerland

Pinsec at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	47 km	NorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	63 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	70 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Luc

Type of weather in Saint-Luc	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam