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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9754,Lat: 46.1809
Elevation	423 meter above sea level
Local time	19:18:15pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Ain
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gex
Name	Challex

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Plaine	2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dardagny	2.2 km	NorthEast
3 Avully	2.4 km	SouthEast
4 Russin	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Avusy	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	141 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	292 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	295 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 286 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 (reservoir) is Barrage du Rhône (0.7 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Crêt de la Neige with a height of 1720 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction North).One of the mountains in Jura The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.4 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 86%, low mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Plaine de Gex - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 12 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.7 km2

23.9%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

46.8 km2

59.6%

Viticulture

5.6 km2

7.2%

Urban area

4.9 km2

6.2%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Challex in country France

Challex at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	69 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	73 km	EastNorthEast
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	84 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Crts du Haut-Jura	FR	3.9 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Challex

Type of weather in Challex	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam