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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6315,Lat: 46.7534
Elevation	559 meter above sea level
Local time	21:06:45pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Thun
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Thun

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hilterfingen	2.8 km	SouthEast
2 Schwendibach	2.8 km	NorthEast
3 Steffisburg	2.8 km	North
4 Oberhofen am Thunersee	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 Heiligenschwendi	4.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	150 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	336 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 272 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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Niesen with a height of 2362 meter (at a distance of 12 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 63.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.2 km2

23.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

25.8 km2

32.8%

Urban area

23.4 km2

29.8%

Water - Lakes

9 km2

11.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thun in country Switzerland

Thun at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	42 km	SouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	69 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Thun
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amt Thun

Type of weather in Amt Thun	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam