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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6814,Lat: 44.5736
Elevation	1918 meter above sea level
Local time	2:24:58am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Vars
Other place with same name 1	Vars Franche-Comté - Haute-Saône
Other place with same name 2	Vars Poitou-Charentes - Charente

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Risoul	6.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Crévoux	6.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye	8.5 km	SouthEast
4 Guillestre	9.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Mont-Dauphin	11.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	110 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	270 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	360 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 108 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Serre-Ponçon (26.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 14.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
La forêt Blanche - Le Guillestrois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 75 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.7 km2

16.2%

Nature

55.2 km2

70.2%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

8.8 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vars in country France

Vars at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	97 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	102 km	East
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	108 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	4.6 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Guillestre

Type of weather in Guillestre	light snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:59 Europe/Amsterdam