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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0215,Lat: 45.781
Elevation	727 meter above sea level
Local time	7:50:26am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Clermont-Ferrand
Name	Orcines

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Royat	2.7 km	SouthEast
2 Durtol	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Chamalières	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Chanat-la-Mouteyre	4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Nohanent	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	346 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	364 km	EastNorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	382 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 260 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 d'Aydat (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puy de Dôme with a height of 1464 meter (at a distance of 4.6 km and direction West).One of the mountains in Massif CentralThe nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 37.6 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 230.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 323 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 15%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 50%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Massif Central
La chaîne des Puys -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.7 km2

39.1%

Nature

8.9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

21 km2

26.8%

Urban area

16.2 km2

20.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orcines in country France

Orcines 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	4.4 km	West
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	141 km	East
3 Bourges Cathedral	France	152 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Chane des Puys	FR	3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orcines

Type of weather in Orcines	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam