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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5566,Lat: 44.7864
Elevation	1110 meter above sea level
Local time	22:41:55pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	L'Argentière-la-Bessée

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freissinières	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Les Vigneaux	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 La Roche-de-Rame	4.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Puy-Saint-Vincent	6.8 km	NorthWest
5 Vallouise	7.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	136 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	249 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	348 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 134 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 26.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Barre des Écrins with a height of 4102 meter (at a distance of 21.7 km and direction NorthWest).One of the mountains in French Alps, part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 20.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 42%, high mountains: 58%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 5.III Massif des Écrins (Massif du Pelvoux)
SPG.5.III.C. Chaîne Pelvoux-Bans-Sirac
STS. 5.III Massif des Écrins (Massif du Pelvoux)
SPG.5.III.C. Chaîne Pelvoux-Bans-Sirac
Le n?ud paysager de l'Argentière - Le Vallouise

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 89 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.8 km2

49.4%

Nature

27.5 km2

35%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

9.6%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of L'Argentière-la-Bessée in country France

L'Argentière-la-Bessée at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	95 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	113 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	127 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières

Type of weather in Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam