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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6917,Lat: 45.7309
Elevation	241 meter above sea level
Local time	7:16:37am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Ain
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Belley
Name	Brens
Other place with same name 1	Brens Midi-Pyrénées - Tarn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Virignin	2.1 km	SouthEast
2 Belley	2.7 km	North
3 Arbignieu	3.3 km	West
4 La Balme	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Parves	3.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	191 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	261 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	333 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 258 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Bourget (43.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Grand Colombier with a height of 1525 meter (at a distance of 20.2 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 48.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Collines du bassin de Belley - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chambéry-Savoie Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.9%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

41.4 km2

52.7%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brens in country France

Brens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	67 km	West
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	117 km	NorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	120 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ensemble lac du Bourget-Chautagne-Rhne	FR	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Belley

Type of weather in Belley	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:00 Europe/Amsterdam