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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1692,Lat: 46.0868
Elevation	1063 meter above sea level
Local time	13:52:31pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Entremont
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vollèges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Levron	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sembrancher	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 La Garde	3.1 km	SouthWest
4 Le Châble	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Vens	3.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	98 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	215 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	262 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 221 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Salanfe (1.8 km² at a height of around 1924 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Aiguille du Tour with a height of 3540 meter (at a distance of 16 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 15.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench Swiss Italian tripoint with a straight distance of 20.6 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 49%, high mountains: 41%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48 km2

61.1%

Nature

7.3 km2

9.3%

Agriculture

15.6 km2

19.9%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.3%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vollèges in country Switzerland

Vollèges 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	50 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	56 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	81 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vollèges

Type of weather in Vollèges	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam