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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7687,Lat: 46.0479
Elevation	917 meter above sea level
Local time	11:13:12am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Haute-Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bonneville
Name	Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Samoëns	4.9 km	NorthWest
2 Morillon	8.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Verchaix	8.7 km	NorthWest
4 Arâches-la-Frasse	10.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 La Rivière-Enverse	11.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	112 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	243 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	262 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 235 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac d'Emosson (2.9 km² at a height of around 1929 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.2 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dents Blanches with a height of 2759 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.3 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 52%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 8.II Massif du Giffre (Massif du Faucigny, P*
SPG.8.II.A. Chaîne Buet-Ruan-Dents du Midi
STS. 8.II Massif du Giffre (Massif du Faucigny, P*
SPG.8.II.A. Chaîne Buet-Ruan-Dents du Midi
Haut-Giffre - paysages ruraux-patrimoniaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.3 km2

57.7%

Nature

17.3 km2

22%

Agriculture

3.8 km2

4.8%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Rock-Sand

10.4 km2

13.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval in country France

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	47 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	49 km	North
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	108 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haut Giffre	FR	1.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Samoëns

Type of weather in Samoëns	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam