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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3071,Lat: 46.9346
Elevation	597 meter above sea level
Local time	3:17:03am
Name province/region	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ennetmoos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alpnach	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Alpnachstad	3.2 km	NorthWest
3 Ennetmoos	3.3 km	NorthEast
4 Kägiswil	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Schoried	4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	66 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	95 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 280 km (direction South).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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 6.3 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 53.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 8%, 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
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

30.4%

Nature

9.6 km2

12.2%

Agriculture

34.9 km2

44.4%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

4.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sankt Jakob in country Switzerland

Sankt Jakob at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	39 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	53 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	65 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alpnach

Type of weather in Alpnach	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam