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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3863,Lat: 45.6788
Elevation	493 meter above sea level
Local time	1:28:46am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Rhône
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Name	Meys

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Virigneux	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Viricelles	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Maringes	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Grézieu-le-Marché	3.6 km	SouthEast
5 Haute-Rivoire	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	274 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	387 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 237 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. 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 25.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 131.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 184 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 83%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Vallée de la Brévenne et de l'Anzieux - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.1 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

67.9 km2

86.5%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meys in country France

Meys at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	36 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	111 km	West
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	143 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site chiroptres des Monts du Matin	FR	1.9 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haute-Rivoire

Type of weather in Haute-Rivoire	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:05 Europe/Amsterdam