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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.5017,Lat: 45.1148
Elevation	812 meter above sea level
Local time	11:23:35am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mauriac
Name	Fontanges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salers	2.7 km	North
2 Saint-Chamant	5.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	6.1 km	West
4 Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers	6.7 km	NorthWest
5 Tournemire	7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	299 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	416 km	North
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	421 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 210 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage d'Enchanet (3.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.2 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 21.4 km and direction EastSouthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 46.9 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 280.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 393 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 80%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les plateaux de Girgols, de Tournemire et de Saint Chamant - Plateaux de l'Ouest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 188 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.6%

Nature

23.7 km2

30.1%

Agriculture

38.8 km2

49.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontanges in country France

Fontanges 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	82 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	105 km	West
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	126 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site de Palmont	FR	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Rémy-de-Salers

Type of weather in Saint-Rémy-de-Salers	few clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:14 Europe/Amsterdam