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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2688,Lat: 45.3843
Elevation	488 meter above sea level
Local time	11:11:45am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Étienne
Name	Fraisses

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Firminy	1.5 km	East
2 Unieux	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Le Chambon-Feugerolles	3.3 km	East
4 Caloire	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	3.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	300 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	311 km	SouthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	387 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 203 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 Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 155.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 217 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 23%, low mountains: 73%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Massif Central
Agglomération de St Etienne/Firminy - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.6 km2

36.5%

Nature

3.7 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

26.6 km2

34%

Urban area

17.1 km2

21.8%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fraisses in country France

Fraisses at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	61 km	NorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	111 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	111 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses, landes et habitats rocheux des Gorges de la Loire	FR	2.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fraisses

Type of weather in Fraisses	broken clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam