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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5679,Lat: 45.5026
Elevation	321 meter above sea level
Local time	13:25:43pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Étienne
Name	La Grand-Croix

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lorette	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Farnay	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	1.9 km	South
4 L'Horme	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cellieu	3.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	274 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	300 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	410 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 219 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. 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 24.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 128.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 82%, low mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Agglomération de St-Chamond à Rive-de-Gier - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 22 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.3 km2

14.4%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

43.1 km2

54.8%

Urban area

20.4 km2

26%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Grand-Croix in country France

La Grand-Croix at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	36 km	NorthEast
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	124 km	South
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	129 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallons et combes du Pilat rhodanien	FR	8.4 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorette

Type of weather in Lorette	broken clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam