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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.9736,Lat: 45.9133
Elevation	556 meter above sea level
Local time	10:13:29am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Roanne
Name	Saint-Polgues

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bully	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cremeaux	3.7 km	West
3 Souternon	5.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Grézolles	5.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	350 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	365 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 262 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 Villerest (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pierres du Jour with a height of 1164 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 155.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 218 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 32%, low mountains: 68%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Bassin de l'Aix et collines après la plaine du Forez - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Nature

2.3 km2

Agriculture

60.1 km2

76.5%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Polgues in country France

Saint-Polgues at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	69 km	EastSouthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	80 km	West
3 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy	France	144 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de la Loire aval	FR	1.9 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lentigny

Type of weather in Lentigny	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam