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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.5487,Lat: 44.9598
Elevation	993 meter above sea level
Local time	6:51:48am
Name province/region (Région)	Auvergne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Brioude
Name	Saugues

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Esplantas	5.7 km	South
2 Grèzes	6.4 km	SouthWest
3 Saint-Préjet-d'Allier	7.6 km	SouthEast
4 Monistrol-d'Allier	7.7 km	East
5 Prades	8.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	316 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	338 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	374 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 161 km (direction South).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 24.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 228.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 320 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, 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
Le bassin de Saugues - La Margeride

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

22.6%

Nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

58.2 km2

74.1%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saugues in country France

Saugues at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	82 km	South
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	94 km	SouthEast
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	102 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de l'Allier et affluents	FR	0.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Saugues
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saugues

Type of weather in Saugues	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:11 Europe/Amsterdam