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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8607,Lat: 46.8279
Elevation	1000 meter above sea level
Local time	1:27:05am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Emmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schangnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bumbach	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Innereriz	5.4 km	SouthWest
3 Heidbühl	6.7 km	NorthWest
4 Eggiwil	7.3 km	NorthWest
5 Oberei	7.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	34 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	131 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	335 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 275 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Brienzersee (Lac de Brienz) (28.5 km² at a height of around 563 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Thunersee with a height of 558 meter (at a distance of 18.6 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 94%, high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 29 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.7 km2

41.6%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

38.3 km2

48.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schangnau in country Switzerland

Schangnau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	34 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	39 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	57 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Schangnau
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schangnau

Type of weather in Schangnau	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam