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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.9639,Lat: 45.6008
Elevation	904 meter above sea level
Local time	9:18:24am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Lérigneux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bard	5.5 km	East
2 Écotay-l'Olme	7.2 km	East
3 Chazelles-sur-Lavieu	7.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Champdieu	8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Montbrison	8.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	307 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	344 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	383 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 227 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. 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 26.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 165.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 232 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 78%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Bassin du Lignon et vallons du Forez - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 27 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.9 km2

41.8%

Nature

7.9 km2

10%

Agriculture

37.8 km2

48.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lérigneux in country France

Lérigneux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	70 km	East
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	80 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	139 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lignon, Vizezy, Anzon et leurs affluents	FR	0.2 km	East

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montbrison

Type of weather in Montbrison	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam