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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3236,Lat: 47.1502
Elevation	513 meter above sea level
Local time	0:34:09am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Biel#Bienne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Safnern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meienried	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Orpund	1.8 km	SouthWest
3 Scheuren	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Meinisberg	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Schwadernau	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	167 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	287 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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 0.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bieler See with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 14.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 71%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.4 km2

32.4%

Agriculture

35.8 km2

45.6%

Urban area

15.4 km2

19.6%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Safnern in country Switzerland

Safnern at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	38 km	West
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	68 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orpund

Type of weather in Orpund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam