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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4226,Lat: 46.3458
Elevation	443 meter above sea level
Local time	10:04:39am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Haute-Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Thonon-les-Bains
Name	Margencel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Anthy-sur-Léman	1.2 km	NorthWest
2 Sciez	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Allinges	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Perrignier	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Excenevex	5.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	103 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	253 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	300 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 277 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 Le Léman (234.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 77%, low mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Plaine du bas-chablais et pays de la Cote - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

16.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

21.7 km2

27.6%

Urban area

16.2 km2

20.6%

Water - Lakes

26.7 km2

33.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Margencel in country France

Margencel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	30 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	34 km	EastNorthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	78 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zones humides du Bas Chablais	FR	1 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Anthy-sur-Léman

Type of weather in Anthy-sur-Léman	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:55 Europe/Amsterdam