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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7412,Lat: 45.5485
Elevation	552 meter above sea level
Local time	1:41:21am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ambert
Name	Ambert

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Forie	5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Job	7.4 km	North
4 Grandrif	7.7 km	SouthEast
5 Marsac-en-Livradois	7.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	325 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	355 km	SouthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	381 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 222 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 183.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 257 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
La vallée de la Dore -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 106 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 43 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.4 km2

42.5%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

39 km2

49.7%

Urban area

3.9 km2

4.9%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ambert in country France

Ambert at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	66 km	WestNorthWest
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	89 km	EastNorthEast
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	140 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dore et affluents	FR	0.3 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Masse

Type of weather in La Masse	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:08 Europe/Amsterdam