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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.328,Lat: 45.3058
Elevation	593 meter above sea level
Local time	7:33:00am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mauriac
Name	Arches

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jaleyrac	4.9 km	South
2 Sérandon	6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Champagnac	8.1 km	NorthEast
4 Le Vigean	9.1 km	South
5 Ydes	9.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	317 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	394 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	435 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 236 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Laigle (7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 39.4 km (direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 296.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 415 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 26%, low mountains: 74%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les plateaux d'Arches, de Jaleyrac et de Méallet - Les plateaux de Sumène

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 201 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 47 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.6 km2

53%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

32.9 km2

41.8%

Water - Lakes

3.8 km2

4.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arches in country France

Arches 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	72 km	NorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	95 km	West
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	127 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de la Dordogne	FR	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arches

Type of weather in Arches	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam