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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7038,Lat: 46.3021
Elevation	634 meter above sea level
Local time	19:14:07pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Leuk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Turtmann-Unterems

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ergisch	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Unterems	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bratsch	2 km	North
4 Oberems	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Erschmatt	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	74 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	167 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	286 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Daubensee (0.6 km² at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 34%, high mountains: 41%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 109 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.2 km2

51.2%

Nature

9.3 km2

11.8%

Agriculture

19.7 km2

25.1%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Turtmann in country Switzerland

Turtmann at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	34 km	NorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	70 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	74 km	NorthNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Turtmann

Type of weather in Turtmann	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam