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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.1852,Lat: 48.6958
Elevation	105 meter above sea level
Local time	12:59:39pm
Name province/region (Région)	Île-de-France
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Essonne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palaiseau
Name	Orsay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Ulis	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Villebon-sur-Yvette	2.1 km	East
3 Bures-sur-Yvette	2.2 km	West
4 Villejust	2.4 km	SouthEast
5 Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	20 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	286 km	NorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	304 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 158 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine main Medium, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Saint-Quentin (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 201.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 282 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 15 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.1 km2

15.4%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

27.4 km2

34.9%

Urban area

30.6 km2

38.9%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orsay in country France

Orsay at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palace and Park of Versailles	France	13 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Paris, Banks of the Seine	France	20 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau	France	50 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Massif de Rambouillet et zones humides proches	FR	6.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orsay

Type of weather in Orsay	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam