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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2887,Lat: 46.7402
Elevation	871 meter above sea level
Local time	2:06:57am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	Sense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Plaffeien

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberschrot	0.5 km	NorthWest
2 Zumholz	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Brünisried	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Plasselb	2.9 km	West
5 Kalchstätten	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	176 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	331 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 281 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 (reservoir) is Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 16.9 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 5%, moderate high mountains: 90%, high mountains: 6%, 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 agriculture.

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 96 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.6%

Agriculture

46.6 km2

59.3%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plaffeien in country Switzerland

Plaffeien at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	50 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Plaffeien

Type of weather in Plaffeien	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam