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Schmitten (FR)

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2485,Lat: 46.8557
Elevation	622 meter above sea level
Local time	11:37:57am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	Sense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schmitten (FR)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lanthen	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Berg	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Fillistorf	1.9 km	NorthWest
4 Dietisberg	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Tützenberg	2.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	18 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	176 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	317 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 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 (reservoir) is Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 45.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 97%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 20 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.2 km2

11.7%

Agriculture

62.2 km2

79.2%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.6%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schmitten (FR) in country Switzerland

Schmitten (FR) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	18 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	42 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	54 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schmitten

Type of weather in Schmitten	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam