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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8921,Lat: 45.0739
Elevation	204 meter above sea level
Local time	2:38:37am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Drôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valence
Name	Mercurol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Veaunes	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tain-l'Hermitage	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Chanos-Curson	2.9 km	SouthEast
4 Larnage	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Crozes-Hermitage	4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	251 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	287 km	NorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	392 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 180 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Retenue du Cheylard (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 136.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Collines Rhôdaniennes - paysages ruraux-patrimoniaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8 km2

10.1%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

55.6 km2

70.7%

Viticulture

4.5 km2

5.8%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.1%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mercurol in country France

Mercurol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	77 km	North
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	85 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	104 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sables de l'Herbasse et des Balmes de l'Isre	FR	4.3 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mercurol-Veaunes

Type of weather in Mercurol-Veaunes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam