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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4534,Lat: 46.1526
Elevation	1138 meter above sea level
Local time	22:32:38pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Hérens
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Martin (VS)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Luette	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 St-Martin (VS)	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Euseigne	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Suen	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Lanna	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	88 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	193 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	268 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 217 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 des Dix (3.8 km² at a height of around 2363 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dent Blanche with a height of 4357 meter (at a distance of 18 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 23%, high mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly western 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 104 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.1 km2

47.2%

Nature

25.9 km2

32.9%

Agriculture

9 km2

11.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praz-Jean in country Switzerland

Praz-Jean at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	59 km	NorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	60 km	NorthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	66 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eison

Type of weather in Eison	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam