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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0213,Lat: 47.1858
Elevation	650 meter above sea level
Local time	18:56:12pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Willisau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wauwil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Egolzwil	1.1 km	West
2 Buchs	2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Schötz	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Kottwil	3.1 km	SouthEast
5 Kaltbach	3.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	114 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	304 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 21.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 40.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 79%, 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.3 km2

22.1%

Agriculture

52.2 km2

66.5%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wauwil in country Switzerland

Wauwil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	17 km	NorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	76 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wauwil

Type of weather in Wauwil	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam