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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1389,Lat: 47.1727
Elevation	525 meter above sea level
Local time	5:01:55am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Sursee
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schenkon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sursee	2.1 km	West
2 Bäch	2.3 km	East
3 Oberkirch	2.6 km	SouthWest
4 Waldi	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Vogelsang	3.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	58 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	105 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	309 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 23.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 42.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 77%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.6 km2

10.9%

Nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

50.1 km2

63.8%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Water - Lakes

11.4 km2

14.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schenkon in country Switzerland

Schenkon 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	13 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	58 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	75 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schenkon

Type of weather in Schenkon	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam