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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5359,Lat: 44.7523
Elevation	1342 meter above sea level
Local time	22:41:13pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Freissinières

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Roche-de-Rame	3.6 km	East
2 L'Argentière-la-Bessée	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Saint-Crépin	7.8 km	SouthEast
4 Les Vigneaux	8 km	North
5 Puy-Saint-Vincent	8.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	133 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	254 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	352 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 131 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 22.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Barre des Écrins with a height of 4102 meter (at a distance of 23.5 km and direction NorthWest).One of the mountains in French Alps, part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 24.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 37%, high mountains: 63%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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
Le val de Freissinières - Le Guillestrois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 89 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.7 km2

40.4%

Nature

36.7 km2

46.7%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

6.3%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Freissinières in country France

Freissinières 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	98 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	115 km	East
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	131 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freissinières

Type of weather in Freissinières	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam