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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0414,Lat: 46.8152
Elevation	653 meter above sea level
Local time	3:41:02am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Sarine
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponthaux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nierlet-les-Bois	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Noréaz	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Léchelles	2.5 km	NorthWest
4 Chandon	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Autafond	2.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	34 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	192 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	318 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 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 8.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 35.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 98%, 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
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 94 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

24.6%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

52 km2

66.2%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponthaux in country Switzerland

Ponthaux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	34 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	36 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	42 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponthaux

Type of weather in Ponthaux	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam