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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9552,Lat: 47.3558
Elevation	384 meter above sea level
Local time	14:29:29pm
Name province/region	Solothurn
Name Subregion	Gösgen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Obergösgen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dulliken	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Obergösgen	1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Däniken	1.9 km	East
4 Winznau	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Starrkirch	2.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	60 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	121 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	285 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 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 Hallwiler See (10.2 km² at a height of around 448 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 21 km and direction West).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 75%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.3 km2

37.2%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

23.6 km2

30%

Urban area

24.2 km2

30.9%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schachen in country Switzerland

Schachen 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	21 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	59 km	SouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	90 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schachen

Type of weather in Schachen	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam