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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0673,Lat: 45.6084
Elevation	392 meter above sea level
Local time	9:18:08am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Montbrison

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Savigneux	1.6 km	East
2 Écotay-l'Olme	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Bard	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Saint-Thomas-la-Garde	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Champdieu	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	300 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	338 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	385 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 228 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. 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 21.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 157.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 221 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 73%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Agglomération de Montbrison - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 19 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.7 km2

14.8%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

52.2 km2

66.4%

Urban area

13.4 km2

17%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montbrison in country France

Montbrison at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	62 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	88 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	138 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lignon, Vizezy, Anzon et leurs affluents	FR	0.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Savigneux

Type of weather in Savigneux	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam