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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.694,Lat: 45.2491
Elevation	986 meter above sea level
Local time	2:48:05am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mauriac
Name	Apchon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Riom-ès-Montagnes	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Cheylade	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lugarde	6.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Valette	7.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Saint-Amandin	7.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	318 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	402 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	413 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 215 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Lastioulles (1.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 21.8 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 28.2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 272.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 381 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 99%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le plateau de la Font Sainte - Plateau du Nord

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 194 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 45 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.5 km2

10.8%

Nature

16.9 km2

21.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

51.2 km2

65.2%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Apchon in country France

Apchon 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	62 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	122 km	West
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	130 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zones humides de la rgion de Riom-es-Montagne	FR	0.7 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fauroux

Type of weather in Fauroux	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam