Hotels at Billiat booking.com

Billiat

Booking.com

Billiat

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7871,Lat: 46.0764
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	6:31:45am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Ain
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nantua
Name	Billiat

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villes	1.4 km	North
2 Injoux-Génissiat	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saint-Germain-sur-Rhône	3.3 km	East
4 Éloise	4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Bellegarde-sur-Valserine	4.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	160 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	290 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	310 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 289 km (direction SouthEast).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 is Lac de Nantua (1.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Grand Colombier with a height of 1525 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 39%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Vallée du Rhône entre le défilé de Fort l'Ecluse et le pays de Seyssel - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Annecy-Haute-Savoie-Mont Blanc Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.3 km2

47.5%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

30.1 km2

38.3%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.8%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Billiat in country France

Billiat at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	82 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	87 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	91 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plateau du Retord et chane du Grand Colombier	FR	5 km	West

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Billiat
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Billiat
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Type of weather in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam