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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6554,Lat: 45.6983
Elevation	925 meter above sea level
Local time	15:23:14pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Clermont-Ferrand
Name	Briffons

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tortebesse	3.6 km	North
2 Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze	7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lastic	7.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Prondines	8 km	North
5 Laqueuille	8.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	352 km	North
2 Andorra	Andorra	365 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	394 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 262 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 Étang de la Ramade (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puy de Sancy with a height of 1885 meter (at a distance of 22.6 km and direction SouthSouthEast).One of the mountains in Massif CentralThe nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 23.3 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 260.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 365 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les Hautes Combrailles -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 189 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 41 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.5 km2

41.4%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.7%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briffons in country France

Briffons 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	26 km	EastNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	136 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bourges Cathedral	France	155 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lacs et rivires loutres	FR	1.3 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Soulier

Type of weather in Soulier	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam