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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.936,Lat: 45.0812
Elevation	1028 meter above sea level
Local time	10:03:22am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Ussel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Celles	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Valuéjols	3.2 km	South
3 Coltines	4.2 km	East
4 La Chapelle-d'Alagnon	4.6 km	NorthWest
5 Neussargues-Moissac	6.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	307 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	388 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	406 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 190 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lot, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. 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 17.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 48.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 262.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 368 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
La planèze de Saint-Flour - Les plateaux de l'Est

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 182 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 46 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

Agriculture

73.9 km2

94.1%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ussel in country France

Ussel 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	78 km	North
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	105 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	139 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Planze de Saint Flour	FR	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laveissenet

Type of weather in Laveissenet	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam