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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8647,Lat: 45.107
Elevation	914 meter above sea level
Local time	8:36:02am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Murat
Other place with same name 1	Murat Auvergne - Allier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Chapelle-d'Alagnon	2 km	East
2 Albepierre-Bredons	4.2 km	SouthWest
3 Chavagnac	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Celles	6.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ussel	6.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	307 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	394 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	409 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 195 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 44.6 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 266.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 373 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les vallées du Brezons, du Mars, de l'Aspre, de l'Alagnon et du Lagnon - Massif cantalien

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 187 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 42 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.6 km2

21.1%

Nature

9.9 km2

12.6%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

49.5 km2

63%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Murat in country France

Murat at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	75 km	North
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	110 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	134 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de l'Allanche et du Haut Alagnon	FR	0.4 km	SouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Murat

Type of weather in Murat	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:13 Europe/Amsterdam