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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8025,Lat: 46.1752
Elevation	1576 meter above sea level
Local time	23:49:01pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	St. Niklaus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gasenried	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Mattsand	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Grächen	3.6 km	NorthEast
4 Herbriggen	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Embd	5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	90 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	170 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	273 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 208 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 de Moiry (1.3 km² at a height of around 2248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dom with a height of 4545 meter (at a distance of 10 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 14%, high mountains: 86%, 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 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 Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.9 km2

35.5%

Nature

14.9 km2

19%

Agriculture

2.8 km2

3.6%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Rock-Sand

29 km2

36.9%

Ice - Glacier

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of St. Niklaus in country Switzerland

St. Niklaus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	40 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	80 km	South
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	82 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sankt Niklaus

Type of weather in Sankt Niklaus	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam