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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.107,Lat: 46.6456
Elevation	729 meter above sea level
Local time	1:46:45am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Gruyère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Corbières

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corbières	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Echarlens	2.6 km	West
3 Botterens	2.8 km	South
4 Hauteville	2.9 km	North
5 Morlon	2.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	42 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	192 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 278 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 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vanil Noir with a height of 2389 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 56%, moderate high mountains: 43%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.7 km2

27.7%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52.1%

Urban area

7.9 km2

10.1%

Water - Lakes

7.5 km2

9.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villarvolard in country Switzerland

Villarvolard 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	SouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	33 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	43 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villarvolard

Type of weather in Villarvolard	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam