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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9707,Lat: 46.3757
Elevation	1227 meter above sea level
Local time	8:23:00am
Name province/region (Région)	Franche-Comté
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Claude
Name	Lajoux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lamoura	2.3 km	North
2 Septmoncel	4.1 km	West
3 Mijoux	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Villard-Saint-Sauveur	7.2 km	West
5 Les Moussières	8.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	129 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	284 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	315 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 302 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac des Rousses (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Crêt de la Neige with a height of 1720 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.9 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 93%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le plateau des Moussières - Jura Plissé des Grands Monts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 19 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.5 km2

59.2%

Nature

15.4 km2

19.6%

Agriculture

14.9 km2

19%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lajoux in country France

Lajoux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	61 km	East
2 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	63 km	North
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	67 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fort du Massacre	FR	1 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Gex

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Gex	clear sky
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:57 Europe/Amsterdam