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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5305,Lat: 47.4379
Elevation	421 meter above sea level
Local time	4:29:16am
Name province/region	Basel-Landschaft
Name Subregion	Laufen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zwingen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nenzlingen	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Blauen	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Brislach	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Dittingen	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Laufen	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	55 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	154 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	263 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 347 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 33.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basel with a height of 278 meter (at a distance of 13 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 17.5 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.7 km2

45.5%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

31.3 km2

39.8%

Urban area

11.2 km2

14.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zwingen in country Switzerland

Zwingen 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	54 km	EastSouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	55 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	65 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zwingen

Type of weather in Zwingen	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam