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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.1895,Lat: 45.499
Elevation	403 meter above sea level
Local time	8:14:28am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bonson	3.1 km	NorthEast
2 Boisset-Saint-Priest	4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Sury-le-Comtal	4.2 km	North
4 Périgneux	5.2 km	SouthWest
5 Saint-Cyprien	5.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	298 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	323 km	SouthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	394 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 216 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 Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 154.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 216 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 84%, low mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Sud de la plaine du Forez - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 9.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.6%

Nature

5.5 km2

Agriculture

52.8 km2

67.2%

Urban area

10.2 km2

12.9%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez in country France

Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	58 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	101 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	125 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine du Forez	FR	0.7 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez

Type of weather in Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam