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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5533,Lat: 47.3364
Elevation	893 meter above sea level
Local time	6:21:51am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Jura bernois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schelten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beinwil (SO)	3.9 km	NorthEast
2 Mervelier	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Erschwil	4.1 km	North
4 Seehof	4.3 km	SouthWest
5 Herbetswil	5.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	151 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	274 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 336 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 24.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passwang with a height of 1204 meter (at a distance of 10 km and direction EastNorthEast).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 15.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 61%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Hügellandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de collines du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 28 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.7 km2

58.2%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.2%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schelten in country Switzerland

Schelten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	50 km	East
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	60 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schelten

Type of weather in Schelten	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam