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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6033,Lat: 45.4003
Elevation	547 meter above sea level
Local time	14:55:50pm
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenoble
Name	Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chirens	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey	3.8 km	SouthEast
3 Voiron	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Massieu	4.5 km	North
5 Coublevie	5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	223 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	235 km	SouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	359 km	EastNorthEast

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 Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Paladru (3.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 85.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 45%, low mountains: 49%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern 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
STS. 8.VI Massif de la Chartreuse (Préalpes de l
SPG.8.VI.B. Préalpes méridionales de la Chartreu
STS. 8.VI Massif de la Chartreuse (Préalpes de l
SPG.8.VI.B. Préalpes méridionales de la Chartreu
Collines du Voironnais - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Grenoble-Isère Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.7 km2

37.8%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.9%

Urban area

7.9 km2

10.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin in country France

Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	73 km	NorthWest
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	146 km	SouthWest
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	150 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais du Val d'Ainan	FR	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chirens

Type of weather in Chirens	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam