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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8959,Lat: 47.1915
Elevation	427 meter above sea level
Local time	4:52:53am
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	March
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wangen (SZ)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nuolen	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Galgenen	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bollingen	3.2 km	North
4 Lachen	3.3 km	West
5 Schübelbach	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	48 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	114 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	338 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 307 km (direction South).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 is Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 20.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 44.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 72%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Siedlungsgeprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'urbanisation

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.9 km2

20.2%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

45.7%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

14.5 km2

18.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wangen (SZ) in country Switzerland

Wangen (SZ) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	41 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	45 km	NorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	53 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wangen

Type of weather in Wangen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam