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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4116,Lat: 45.1705
Elevation	546 meter above sea level
Local time	9:37:49am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenoble
Name	Cognin-les-Gorges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Malleval-en-Vercors	3.3 km	SouthEast
2 Izeron	3.8 km	SouthWest
3 Vinay	4.3 km	North
4 Rovon	5.5 km	NorthEast
5 Saint-Sauveur	5.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	226 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	252 km	NorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	385 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 195 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Notre-Dame de Commiers (1.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 96 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 134 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 3%, hill: 56%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
Plaine du bas-Grésivaudan et Bas-Royans - paysages ruraux-patrimoniaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Grenoble-Isère Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.9 km2

48.3%

Nature

3.2 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cognin-les-Gorges in country France

Cognin-les-Gorges at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	80 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	117 km	SouthWest
3 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	124 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Bourne	FR	5.2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vinay

Type of weather in Vinay	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam