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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6918,Lat: 45.1183
Elevation	252 meter above sea level
Local time	8:46:08am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenoble
Name	Claix
Other place with same name 1	Claix Poitou-Charentes - Charente

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Pont-de-Claix	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Varces-Allières-et-Risset	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Champagnier	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Échirolles	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Jarrie	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	207 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	244 km	NorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	371 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 196 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Notre-Dame de Commiers (1.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 73.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 80%, low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 12%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
Agglomération de Grenoble - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Grenoble-Isère Airport (at a distance of 39 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

30.5%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

25.3 km2

32.3%

Urban area

22.3 km2

28.5%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Claix in country France

Claix at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	99 km	NorthWest
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	129 km	SouthWest
3 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	129 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses, forts remarquables et habitats rocheux du Plateau du Sornin	FR	9.2 km	NorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pont-de-Claix

Type of weather in Pont-de-Claix	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam