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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6252,Lat: 47.574
Elevation	393 meter above sea level
Local time	8:44:37am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Andelfingen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Volken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Flaach	1.3 km	West
2 Dorf	1.8 km	East
3 Wiler	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Berg am Irchel	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Gräslikon	2.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	83 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	113 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	292 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 349 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Untersee (15.3 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 74%, low mountains: 26%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 14 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.1 km2

40.9%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.9%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volken in country Switzerland

Volken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	36 km	EastNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	46 km	SouthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	59 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Flaach

Type of weather in Flaach	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam