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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6683,Lat: 45.2001
Elevation	1202 meter above sea level
Local time	1:42:26am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Name	Modane

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fourneaux	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Villarodin-Bourget	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Freney	3.2 km	West
4 Avrieux	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-André	6.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	173 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	203 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	308 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 171 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Bissorte (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Colle del Frejus with a height of 2541 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 6.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.4 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 25%, high mountains: 75%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 4.III Alpes du Mont-Cenis (Alpes orientales *
SPG.4.III.B. Chaîne Bernaude-Pierre Menue-Ambin
STS. 4.III Alpes du Mont-Cenis (Alpes orientales *
SPG.4.III.B. Chaîne Bernaude-Pierre Menue-Ambin
Agglomération de Modane - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.1 km2

49.7%

Nature

29.2 km2

37.2%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

5.1 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Modane in country France

Modane at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	81 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	98 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	122 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Vanoise	FR	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Modane

Type of weather in Modane	light snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:58 Europe/Amsterdam