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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1961,Lat: 45.2518
Elevation	603 meter above sea level
Local time	18:32:15pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Massiac

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grenier-Montgon	3.9 km	North
2 Bonnac	5.6 km	SouthWest
3 Molompize	5.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Saint-Beauzire	6.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Espalem	6.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	332 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	377 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	378 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 44.6 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 236 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 330 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 19%, 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
Massif Central
Le bassin de Massiac et la basse vallée de l'Alagnon - Pays coupés de l'Alagnon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 156 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 49 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.9 km2

49.6%

Nature

3.8 km2

4.8%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

33.3 km2

42.4%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Massiac in country France

Massiac at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	61 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	117 km	South
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	136 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles et Gtes de la Sianne et du Bas Alagnon	FR	0.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Massiac

Type of weather in Massiac	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam