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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2639,Lat: 45.214
Elevation	1578 meter above sea level
Local time	8:14:26am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Name	Saint-Jean-d'Arves

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villarembert	2.9 km	North
2 Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire	4.5 km	North
4 Albiez-Montrond	6.1 km	East
5 Saint-Pancrace	6.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	188 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	213 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	330 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 186 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grand-Maison (2.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Meije with a height of 3983 meter (at a distance of 23.7 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 31 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 19%, high mountains: 80%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.B. Chaîne des Grandes Rousses-Ouillon
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.B. Chaîne des Grandes Rousses-Ouillon
Bassin des Arves - paysages ruraux-patrimoniaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 109 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chambéry-Savoie Airport (at a distance of 56 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.4 km2

26%

Nature

43.8 km2

55.7%

Agriculture

9.3 km2

11.8%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

3.8 km2

4.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Jean-d'Arves in country France

Saint-Jean-d'Arves 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	113 km	East
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	128 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	129 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plateau d'Emparis - Goleon	FR	9.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villargondran

Type of weather in Villargondran	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:59 Europe/Amsterdam