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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2458,Lat: 46.8961
Elevation	557 meter above sea level
Local time	12:47:58pm
Name province/region	Obwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sarnen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ramersberg	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Kerns	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Stalden	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sachseln	3 km	South
5 Flüeli	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	61 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	101 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	340 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 277 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 Sarner See (7 km² at a height of around 468 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 9.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 50.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 19%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 66 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.3 km2

31%

Nature

4 km2

Agriculture

38.2 km2

48.7%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

5.1 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sarnen in country Switzerland

Sarnen 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	43 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	47 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	61 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sarnen
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	Bings maps
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sarnen

Type of weather in Sarnen	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam