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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6331,Lat: 44.8929
Elevation	1262 meter above sea level
Local time	8:36:48am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Briançon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Puy-Saint-Pierre	1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Villar-Saint-Pancrace	2.1 km	South
3 Puy-Saint-André	3.6 km	SouthWest
4 Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières	4.3 km	SouthWest
5 Saint-Chaffrey	5.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	143 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	236 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	335 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 142 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 Rochemolles (0.2 km² at a height of around 1996 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Barre des Écrins with a height of 4102 meter (at a distance of 21.9 km and direction West).One of the mountains in French Alps, part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 9.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.1 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 73%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 4.II Alpes du Montgenèvre (Alpes septentrion
SPG.4.II.B. Chaîne Bric Froid-Rochebrune-Beal Tra
STS. 4.II Alpes du Montgenèvre (Alpes septentrion
SPG.4.II.B. Chaîne Bric Froid-Rochebrune-Beal Tra
Briançon et les cinq vallées - Le Briançonnais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.5 km2

56.7%

Nature

11.6 km2

14.8%

Agriculture

11.6 km2

14.7%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Rock-Sand

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briançon in country France

Briançon 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	85 km	East
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	110 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	116 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Clare	FR	3.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Briançon

Type of weather in Briançon	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:59 Europe/Amsterdam