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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5698,Lat: 46.3119
Elevation	854 meter above sea level
Local time	21:04:26pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Leuk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salgesch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Miège	1.7 km	West
2 Veyras	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Venthône	3 km	West
4 Varen	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sierre	3.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	71 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	175 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	286 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 229 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 is Daubensee (0.6 km² at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 23.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 28%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Rebbaulandschaft -- Paysage viticole

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.3 km2

51.3%

Nature

8.9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

5 km2

6.3%

Viticulture

9.4 km2

12%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Rock-Sand

5.8 km2

7.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salgesch in country Switzerland

Salgesch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	41 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	60 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	67 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salgesch

Type of weather in Salgesch	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam