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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1869,Lat: 45.1634
Elevation	901 meter above sea level
Local time	14:11:11pm
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Saint-Poncy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Mary-le-Plain	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 La Chapelle-Laurent	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vieillespesse	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bonnac	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Lastic	5.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	373 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	384 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 191 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 240.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 337 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 92%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le plateau de Lastic et de la Chapelle-Laurent - Margeride

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 46 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24 km2

30.5%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

51.2 km2

65.2%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Poncy in country France

Saint-Poncy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	71 km	North
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	107 km	South
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	130 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site de la Coste	FR	5 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Soul

Type of weather in Le Soul	clear sky
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	37 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam