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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.6376,Lat: 46.4754
Elevation	245 meter above sea level
Local time	8:45:52am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Allier
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Moulins
Name	Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vaumas	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Dompierre-sur-Besbre	6.2 km	NorthEast
3 Thiel-sur-Acolin	6.8 km	NorthWest
4 Mercy	7.4 km	West
5 Saint-Léon	8.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	283 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	296 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	394 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 326 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 62.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 182 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 255 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La vallée de la Besbre (basse) - Les vallées de la Loire et de la Besbre

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.2 km2

7.9%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

70.9 km2

90.4%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre in country France

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre 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	93 km	SouthWest
2 Vézelay, Church and Hill	France	110 km	North
3 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy	France	114 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sologne bourbonnaise	FR	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre

Type of weather in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam