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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9568,Lat: 46.0651
Elevation	568 meter above sea level
Local time	6:27:09am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Capriasca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vaglio	0.5 km	South
2 Ponte Capriasca	0.7 km	SouthWest
3 Tesserete	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Origlio	1.5 km	SouthWest
5 Lopagno	1.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	127 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	152 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	286 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 182 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bellinzona with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 33%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Waldgeprägte Hügellandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage de collines des Alpes méridionales marqué par la forêt

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.6 km2

64.3%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.1%

Agriculture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

20.8 km2

26.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sala in country Switzerland

Sala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	15 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	19 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	20 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bigorio

Type of weather in Bigorio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:29 Europe/Amsterdam