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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.2098,Lat: 45.4674
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	19:23:36pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	Chalus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gignat	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Boudes	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Villeneuve	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Saint-Germain-Lembron	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Mareugheol	4.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	354 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	366 km	EastNorthEast
3 Paris	France	383 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 222 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 d'Aydat (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 36.2 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 225.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 316 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les Couzes -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 36 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.3 km2

14.4%

Nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

61.3 km2

78.1%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chalus in country France

Chalus 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	40 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	131 km	East
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	140 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pays des Couzes	FR	0.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villeneuve

Type of weather in Villeneuve	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam