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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9586,Lat: 46.7204
Elevation	747 meter above sea level
Local time	7:15:28am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Glâne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villaz-Saint-Pierre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lussy	1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Fuyens	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Villarimboud	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Massonnens	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens	2.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	45 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	201 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 10.3 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lac de Neuchâtel with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 34.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, 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 84 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.5%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

59.6 km2

75.9%

Urban area

4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villaz-St-Pierre in country Switzerland

Villaz-St-Pierre 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	30 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	30 km	SouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	44 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villaz-Saint-Pierre

Type of weather in Villaz-Saint-Pierre	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam