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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1251,Lat: 45.9899
Elevation	1499 meter above sea level
Local time	4:20:02am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Entremont
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orsières

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Issert	1.5 km	North
2 Som la Proz	3.2 km	North
3 Vichères	3.4 km	East
4 Drance	4.3 km	East
5 Chandonne	4.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	109 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	224 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	251 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 214 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 Mauvoisin (2.1 km² at a height of around 1974 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.2 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Aiguille du Tour with a height of 3540 meter (at a distance of 8.9 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench Swiss Italian tripoint with a straight distance of 9.7 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 24%, high mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.8 km2

40.5%

Nature

22.8 km2

29%

Agriculture

9.9 km2

12.6%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

11.3 km2

14.4%

Ice - Glacier

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praz de Fort in country Switzerland

Praz de Fort at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	58 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	63 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	83 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orsières

Type of weather in Orsières	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam