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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6367,Lat: 44.6229
Elevation	1820 meter above sea level
Local time	8:35:36am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Risoul

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Guillestre	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mont-Dauphin	5.3 km	North
3 Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	5.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Eygliers	6.3 km	North
5 Vars	6.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	117 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	265 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	358 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 114 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Serre-Ponçon (26.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 20.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 25%, high mountains: 75%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
La forêt Blanche - Le Guillestrois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 79 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.3 km2

52.6%

Nature

26 km2

33.1%

Agriculture

8.1 km2

10.3%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Risoul in country France

Risoul at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	97 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	106 km	East
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	114 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Guillestre

Type of weather in Guillestre	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:59 Europe/Amsterdam