Echallens
in Gros-de-Vaud District of Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
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Neuchatel Airport (24 mi) -
Annemasse Airport (36 mi) - Geneva Cointrin International Airport (37 mi)
- Sion Airport (44 mi)
- Besançon Thise Airport (51 mi)
- Annecy-Haute-Savoie-Mont Blanc Airport (55 mi)
- Megève Airport (57 mi)
- Montbéliard-Courcelles Airport (59 mi)
- Zürich Airport (107 mi)
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Torino / Caselle International Airport (111 mi) - Malpensa International Airport (122 mi)
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Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (162 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 86 mi) - Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Fernsehturm Mont Pèlerin (observation point, (13 mi)
- Zoo de Servion (zoo, (8 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.641 and 6.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 38' 28" and E 6° 37' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:03 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:18 am and 8:42 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-29 08:03:39
Explore Echallens
Echallens in Gros-de-Vaud District (Canton of Vaud) with it's 4,972 inhabitants is located in Switzerland about 44 mi (or 71 km) south-west of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Echallens is now 02:03 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the wider vicinity of Echallens, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Neuchatel Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), South-East. We found 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Vuarrens, Penthereaz, Pailly, Rueyres and Bavois. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 58 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 62 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 63% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 74% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
8°C (47 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
10°C (51 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Novotel Lausanne Bussigny
HOSTELLERIE LES CHEVREUILS
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
EA Axon Maiden flight
Axon Maiden flight on July 17,2013 in region Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. firstly a great thank you to ExperimentalAirlines for such a great plane, quite easy to build (even for a newbie!),...
Cortège du Carnaval de Morrens 2014
Cortège du Carnaval de Morrens 2014.
RC Heli-Cam in Cugy / Switzerland
Align T-Rex 600 CF Helicopter RC model in Cugy / Switzerland HeliCam.
Cortège du Carnaval de Morrens 2010
Cortège du Carnaval de Morrens 2010.
Cortège du Carnaval de Morrens 2015
Feierabendflug mit SuperStarlight
Zum ersten mal diesen Sommer an meinem kleinen Haushang. Und zum ersten mal überhaupt mit dem SSL.
T-Rex 600 CF helicopter flight in Bottens / Switzerland
Align T-Rex 600 CF RC helicopter flight in Bottens / Switzerland.
Feierabendflug 3 - Hangflug am (zu) flachen Hang
Hangflug an einer 15m-Erhöhung. Beim 9. Versuch gelang ein Flug von 10 Minuten vor dem Waldrand...
RC helicopter onboard video near Bottens /_ Switzerland
Align T-Rex 600 CF electric RC helicopter onboard video flight near Bottens /_ Switzerland.
Grand samedi side-car 2012.flv
Journée avec l'Etincelle 12 mai 2012.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Echallens District
Echallens District was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Echallens. The district was dissolved on 31 August 2006 and all the municipalities transferred to the new Gros-de-Vaud District on the following day.
Gros-de-Vaud District
Gros-de-Vaud District (French: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton. Gros-de-Vaud has an area, as of 2009, of 230.78 square kilometers . Of this area, 154.01 km or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 54.62 km or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.45 km or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.77 km or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Gros-de-Vaud
The Gros-de-Vaud is an area of the Swiss canton of Vaud.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Echallens.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Échallens, اشلان, 埃沙朗
