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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0136,Lat: 44.1119
Elevation	514 meter above sea level
Local time	11:31:24am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forcalquier
Name	Volonne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 L'Escale	3.4 km	South
2 Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Aubignosc	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat	5.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Peipin	5.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	121 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	334 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	405 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 97 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Retenue de l'Escale (1.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 75.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 30%, low mountains: 57%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 3.II Préalpes de Digne (Préalpes centrales
SPG.3.II.B. Chaîne Monges-Cimettes (Préalpes sep
STS. 3.II Préalpes de Digne (Préalpes centrales
SPG.3.II.B. Chaîne Monges-Cimettes (Préalpes sep
La moyenne Durance -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33 km2

42%

Nature

17.6 km2

22.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

25.3%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volonne in country France

Volonne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	97 km	West
2 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	99 km	West
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	111 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Durance	FR	0.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Volonne

Type of weather in Volonne	clear sky
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:03 Europe/Amsterdam