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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7617,Lat: 44.5241
Elevation	368 meter above sea level
Local time	13:06:53pm
Name province/region (Région)	Midi-Pyrénées
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Aveyron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rodez
Name	Espalion

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Côme-d'Olt	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bozouls	6.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Estaing	8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Rodelle	8.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Condom-d'Aubrac	8.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	244 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	384 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	453 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 145 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lot, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Golinhac (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 226.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 317 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 60%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le nord Aveyron - Nord Aveyron

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rodez-Marcillac Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.8 km2

29%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

51.3 km2

65.2%

Urban area

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Espalion in country France

Espalion at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	66 km	SouthEast
2 Episcopal City of Albi	France	82 km	SouthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	133 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute valle du Lot entre Espalion et Saint-Laurent-d'Olt et gorges de la Truyre, basse valle du Lot et le Goul	FR	0 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Espalion

Type of weather in Espalion	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	07:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:15 Europe/Amsterdam