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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9262,Lat: 46.0281
Elevation	1584 meter above sea level
Local time	11:53:13am
Name province/region (Région)	Rhône-Alpes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Haute-Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bonneville
Name	Vallorcine

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Châtelard	4.3 km	NorthEast
2 Trient	6.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Finhaut	7.2 km	NorthEast
4 La Crêta	9.5 km	NorthEast
5 Le Trétien	9.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	109 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	234 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	258 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 226 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 4.1 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Aiguille du Tour with a height of 3540 meter (at a distance of 7.5 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench Swiss Italian tripoint with a straight distance of 14.9 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 10%, high mountains: 90%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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
Vallée de Chamonix - paysages marqués par de grands équipements

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

16.9%

Nature

41.4 km2

52.7%

Agriculture

2.2 km2

2.8%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

19.1 km2

24.3%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vallorcine in country France

Vallorcine 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	49 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	53 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	97 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Aiguilles Rouges	FR	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Finhaut

Type of weather in Finhaut	light snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam