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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1301,Lat: 47.0996
Elevation	809 meter above sea level
Local time	18:39:26pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Jura bernois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Plateau de Diesse

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ligerz	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Diesse	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Twann	2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lamboing	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 St. Petersinsel	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	29 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	182 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	289 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 322 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 is Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 3.8 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 33%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 52%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.7 km2

34%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

24.5 km2

31.1%

Viticulture

2.1 km2

2.6%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

20.6 km2

26.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Prêles in country Switzerland

Prêles at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	23 km	West
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	30 km	SouthEast
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	74 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ligerz

Type of weather in Ligerz	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam