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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.066,Lat: 45.0919
Elevation	1848 meter above sea level
Local time	5:50:53am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenoble
Name	Huez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villard-Reculas	2.6 km	West
2 Auris	4.2 km	South
3 Allemond	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Le Bourg-d'Oisans	4.6 km	SouthWest
5 Le Freney-d'Oisans	7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	185 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	232 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	351 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 182 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Verney (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Meije with a height of 3983 meter (at a distance of 21.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 44.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 62 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 17%, high mountains: 64%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.B. Chaîne des Grandes Rousses-Ouillon
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.B. Chaîne des Grandes Rousses-Ouillon
Complexes de l'Alpes d'Huez et des deux Alpes - paysages naturels de loisirs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chambéry-Savoie Airport (at a distance of 62 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

25.3%

Nature

38.5 km2

49.1%

Agriculture

9.4 km2

11.9%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Rock-Sand

6.1 km2

7.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Ice - Glacier

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Huez in country France

Huez at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	122 km	NorthWest
2 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	128 km	East
3 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	146 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Bourg d'Oisans et ses versants	FR	2.3 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Huez
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	Bings maps
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	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Huez

Type of weather in Huez	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:00 Europe/Amsterdam