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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8316,Lat: 46.1263
Elevation	638 meter above sea level
Local time	10:39:18am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Ain
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gex
Name	Lancrans

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bellegarde-sur-Valserine	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Confort	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Châtillon-en-Michaille	4.2 km	NorthWest
4 Éloise	4.3 km	South
5 Léaz	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	154 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	294 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	304 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 (reservoir) is Barrage du Rhône (0.7 km² at a distance of 16.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Crêt de la Neige with a height of 1720 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 9.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.5 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 21%, high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Vallée du Rhône entre le défilé de Fort l'Ecluse et le pays de Seyssel - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Annecy-Haute-Savoie-Mont Blanc Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.4 km2

48.9%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

24.3 km2

30.9%

Urban area

7.1 km2

9.1%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lancrans in country France

Lancrans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	81 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	86 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Site of Lyon	France	87 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Crts du Haut-Jura	FR	1.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lancrans
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lancrans

Type of weather in Lancrans	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:58 Europe/Amsterdam