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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9648,Lat: 47.1391
Elevation	959 meter above sea level
Local time	8:56:48am
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Jura bernois
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sonvilier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Renan (BE)	3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Saint-Imier	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Villeret	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Le Pâquier (NE)	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 La Ferrière	5.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	42 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	194 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	282 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 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 Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Chaux-de-Fonds with a height of 991 meter (at a distance of 12 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.9 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 96%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.2 km2

34.6%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

48.1 km2

61.2%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sonvilier in country Switzerland

Sonvilier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	11 km	WestSouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	43 km	EastSouthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	72 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sonvilier
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sonvilier

Type of weather in Sonvilier	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam