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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1237,Lat: 46.7933
Elevation	666 meter above sea level
Local time	5:34:13am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Sarine
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villars-sur-Glâne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corminboeuf	2.3 km	NorthWest
2 Matran	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Givisiez	2.6 km	North
4 Fribourg	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Chésalles	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	30 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	187 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	322 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 292 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 3.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 16.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 42.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 94 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.5 km2

21%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

39.1 km2

49.8%

Urban area

20 km2

25.6%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villars-sur-Glâne in country Switzerland

Villars-sur-Glâne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	30 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	41 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	43 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villars-sur-Glâne

Type of weather in Villars-sur-Glâne	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam