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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1262,Lat: 44.5785
Elevation	814 meter above sea level
Local time	9:44:16am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gap
Name	La Rochette
Other place with same name 1	La Rochette Île-de-France - Seine-et-Marne
Other place with same name 2	La Rochette Poitou-Charentes - Charente
Other place with same name 3	La Rochette Rhône-Alpes - Savoie

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rambaud	3.8 km	South
2 La Bâtie-Neuve	4.7 km	East
3 Gap	5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Forest-Saint-Julien	7.4 km	North
5 Saint-Laurent-du-Cros	7.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	140 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	282 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	388 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 132 km (direction SouthEast).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 14.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 58.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 88%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern 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
STS. 5.VII Montagnes du Gapençais Oriental
SPG.5.VI.A. Chaîne Rougnoux-Rochelaire-Mourre Fro
STS. 5.VII Montagnes du Gapençais Oriental
SPG.5.VI.A. Chaîne Rougnoux-Rochelaire-Mourre Fro
Le bassin de Gap - Le Gapençais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 134 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.8 km2

16.3%

Nature

9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.1%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Rochette in country France

La Rochette at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	116 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	126 km	WestSouthWest
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	134 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dvoluy - Durbon - Charance - Champsaur	FR	4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gap

Type of weather in Gap	few clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam