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Fay-sur-Lignon

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2265,Lat: 44.9843
Elevation	1139 meter above sea level
Local time	20:11:03pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Le Puy-en-Velay
Name	Fay-sur-Lignon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Front	6.7 km	West
2 Mazet-Saint-Voy	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon	10.1 km	NorthEast
4 Saint-Jeures	10.4 km	North
5 Araules	10.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	290 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	331 km	NorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	350 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 159 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Devesset (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Gerbier de Jonc with a height of 1551 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 185.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 259 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le haut Mézenc - Le Mézenc

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 106 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 38 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.4 km2

17.1%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

63 km2

80.2%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fay-sur-Lignon in country France

Fay-sur-Lignon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	68 km	South
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	99 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	104 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute valle du Lignon	FR	0.3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fay-sur-Lignon

Type of weather in Fay-sur-Lignon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam