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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2941,Lat: 45.1886
Elevation	881 meter above sea level
Local time	8:37:04am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Yssingeaux
Name	Raucoules

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montfaucon-en-Velay	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dunières	5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Montregard	5.4 km	SouthEast
4 Lapte	6.2 km	West
5 Saint-Pal-de-Mons	6.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	297 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	312 km	NorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	371 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 182 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 Devesset (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 166.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 233 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 87%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le plateau des Trois Rivières - Les plateaux granitiques du Velay oriental

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 39 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.5 km2

42.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.3%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raucoules in country France

Raucoules at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	77 km	NorthEast
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	89 km	South
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	123 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute valle du Lignon	FR	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raucoules

Type of weather in Raucoules	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam