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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.4793,Lat: 45.336
Elevation	531 meter above sea level
Local time	6:23:33am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mauriac
Name	Saignes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vebret	3.3 km	East
2 Ydes	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Madic	5.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Antignac	5.1 km	East
5 Champagnac	6.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	391 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	423 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 232 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Marèges (1.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in Northern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 27.9 km (direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 284.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 398 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 59%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le bassin d'Ydes - Les plateaux de Sumène

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 50 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.7 km2

26.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.8%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saignes in country France

Saignes 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	62 km	NorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	107 km	West
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	139 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Entre Sumne et Mars	FR	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saignes

Type of weather in Saignes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:14 Europe/Amsterdam