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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8895,Lat: 45.1065
Elevation	918 meter above sea level
Local time	19:31:11pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	La Chapelle-d'Alagnon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Murat	2 km	West
2 Celles	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ussel	4.6 km	SouthEast
4 Chavagnac	5.2 km	North
5 Albepierre-Bredons	5.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	308 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	392 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	407 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 194 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 45.1 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 264.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 370 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, 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
La vallée de l'Alagnon - Les plateaux de l'Est

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 44 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

58.9 km2

74.9%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Chapelle-d'Alagnon in country France

La Chapelle-d'Alagnon 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	75 km	North
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	109 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	136 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de l'Allanche et du Haut Alagnon	FR	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bredons

Type of weather in Bredons	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam