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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4185,Lat: 46.5174
Elevation	568 meter above sea level
Local time	0:18:37am
Name province/region	Vaud
Name Subregion	Morges
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Yens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villars-sous-Yens	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Lavigny	2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bussy	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 St-Livres	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Denens	2.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	92 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	247 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	319 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 9.2 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 9.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.8 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 60%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Plateaulandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage vallonné du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.5 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.7%

Viticulture

5.2 km2

6.6%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.9%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Yens in country Switzerland

Yens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	25 km	East
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	32 km	EastSouthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	62 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Yens
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Yens

Type of weather in Yens	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam