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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6366,Lat: 45.5406
Elevation	256 meter above sea level
Local time	7:31:24am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Étienne
Name	Saint-Joseph
Other place with same name 1	Saint-Joseph Région wallone - Namur
Other place with same name 2	Saint-Joseph Basse-Normandie - Manche

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rive-de-Gier	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tartaras	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Trèves	3.1 km	East
4 Châteauneuf	3.3 km	SouthWest
5 Saint-Martin-la-Plaine	3.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	267 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	299 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	409 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 121.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 170 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Agglomération de St-Chamond à Rive-de-Gier - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.9 km2

17.7%

Nature

3 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.1%

Urban area

12.6 km2

16%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Joseph in country France

Saint-Joseph at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	29 km	NorthEast
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	129 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	133 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallons et combes du Pilat rhodanien	FR	10 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Saint-Joseph
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rive-de-Gier

Type of weather in Rive-de-Gier	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:05 Europe/Amsterdam