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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3556,Lat: 46.2105
Elevation	746 meter above sea level
Local time	23:13:45pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Sion
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sion

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Agettes	1.8 km	East
2 Baar	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Sion	2 km	North
4 Veysonnaz	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Thyon	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	82 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	195 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	275 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 226 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 (reservoir) is Lac des Dix (3.8 km² at a height of around 2363 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Les Diablerets with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 16.5 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 30%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.5 km2

31.2%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

17.6 km2

22.4%

Viticulture

10.9 km2

13.9%

Urban area

17.9 km2

22.8%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salins in country Switzerland

Salins at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	50 km	NorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	56 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	61 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veysonnaz

Type of weather in Veysonnaz	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam