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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4974,Lat: 44.5678
Elevation	890 meter above sea level
Local time	3:07:35am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gap
Name	Embrun

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Sauveur	2.4 km	South
2 Baratier	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saint-André-d'Embrun	4 km	NorthEast
4 Crots	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Châteauroux-les-Alpes	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	118 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	274 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	370 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 114 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 is Lac de Serre-Ponçon (26.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 28.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 71%, high mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
STS. 5.VI Massif de l'Embrunais
SPG.5.VII.A. Chaîne Diablée - Dôme de Gap
STS. 5.VI Massif de l'Embrunais
SPG.5.VII.A. Chaîne Diablée - Dôme de Gap
Les rives de Serre-Ponçon - L'Embrunais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 90 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.5%

Nature

7.8 km2

10%

Agriculture

34.8 km2

44.2%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Embrun in country France

Embrun 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	109 km	EastNorthEast
2 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	115 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	117 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	0.6 km	EastSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Embrun

Type of weather in Embrun	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:00 Europe/Amsterdam