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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3546,Lat: 45.5995
Elevation	515 meter above sea level
Local time	7:46:57am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Saint-Médard-en-Forez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Galmier	2.8 km	West
2 Aveizieux	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Chambœuf	3.6 km	SouthWest
4 Chevrières	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Chazelles-sur-Lyon	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	320 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	394 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 228 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 16.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 137.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 193 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 60%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Bassin de la Coise - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 8 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.9 km2

17.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

58.3 km2

74.2%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

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

Saint-Médard-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	42 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	110 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	135 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site chiroptres des Monts du Matin	FR	6.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Galmier

Type of weather in Saint-Galmier	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam