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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.869,Lat: 44.7818
Elevation	1638 meter above sea level
Local time	22:42:06pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Aiguilles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Château-Ville-Vieille	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Abriès	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Molines-en-Queyras	6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Ristolas	6.9 km	East
5 Saint-Véran	9.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	124 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	244 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	333 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 122 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is LAGO DI CASTELLO (0.5 km² at a height of around 1632 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Punta Ramiere with a height of 3303 meter (at a distance of 10.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 7.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.3 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 1%, high mountains: 99%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.C. Massif du Mont Viso (Chaîne Aiguillett
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.C. Massif du Mont Viso (Chaîne Aiguillett
Le Haut-Guil - Le Queyras

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 65 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

37.7%

Nature

43.5 km2

55.3%

Agriculture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aiguilles in country France

Aiguilles at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	72 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	89 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	109 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Briançon

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Briançon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam