Hotels at Merlas booking.com

Merlas

Booking.com

Merlas

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6483,Lat: 45.4351
Elevation	692 meter above sea level
Local time	9:35:06am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Tour-du-Pin
Name	Merlas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Massieu	4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Saint-Aupre	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Miribel-les-Échelles	4.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires	4.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	218 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	236 km	SouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	353 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 228 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 Lac de Paladru (3.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 80.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 67%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
STS. 8.VI Massif de la Chartreuse (Préalpes de l
SPG.8.VI.B. Préalpes méridionales de la Chartreu
STS. 8.VI Massif de la Chartreuse (Préalpes de l
SPG.8.VI.B. Préalpes méridionales de la Chartreu
Val d'Ainan - paysages ruraux-patrimoniaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Grenoble-Isère Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.2 km2

42.3%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

55.3%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merlas in country France

Merlas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	74 km	NorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	145 km	NorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	147 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais du Val d'Ainan	FR	1.6 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Merlas
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Merlas
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine

Type of weather in Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam