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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9952,Lat: 47.2561
Elevation	974 meter above sea level
Local time	2:42:07am
Name province/region	Jura
Name Subregion	Les Franches-Montagnes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saignelégier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Bémont (JU)	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Muriaux	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Les Pommerats	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Les Emibois	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Les Cerlatez	2.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	48 km	SouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	192 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	269 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 342 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. 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 21.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Chaux-de-Fonds with a height of 991 meter (at a distance of 22.3 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Plateaulandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de plateau du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.6 km2

46.6%

Agriculture

39.3 km2

50%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saignelégier in country Switzerland

Saignelégier 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	21 km	SouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	49 km	SouthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	73 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Saignelégier
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saignelégier

Type of weather in Saignelégier	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam