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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.001,Lat: 46.7042
Elevation	759 meter above sea level
Local time	11:31:07am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Glâne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villorsonnens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villarsiviriaux	0.9 km	SouthEast
2 Orsonnens	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Villarlod	1.6 km	East
4 Villarsel-le-Gibloux	1.7 km	NorthEast
5 Massonnens	2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	43 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	198 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	329 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 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 Lac de la Gruyère (9.1 km² at a height of around 676 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 22.5 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 57%, moderate high mountains: 43%, 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.7 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

59 km2

75.1%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villargiroud in country Switzerland

Villargiroud at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	29 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	31 km	SouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villorsonnens

Type of weather in Villorsonnens	moderate rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam