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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6277,Lat: 44.1818
Elevation	1451 meter above sea level
Local time	2:48:09am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castellane
Name	Colmars

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villars-Colmars	2.5 km	SouthWest
2 Beauvezer	5 km	SouthWest
3 Thorame-Haute	11.1 km	SouthWest
4 Allos	12.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Thorame-Basse	14.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	81 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	313 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	398 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 73 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac d'Allos (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mont Pelat with a height of 3051 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 28.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 16%, high mountains: 84%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS.2.I Alpes maritimes p.d.
SPG.2.I.E. Chaîne Pelat-Frema-Grand Coyer
STS.2.I Alpes maritimes p.d.
SPG.2.I.E. Chaîne Pelat-Frema-Grand Coyer
Le Haut Verdon d?Allos -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (at a distance of 76 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.8 km2

59.5%

Nature

18.8 km2

23.9%

Agriculture

5 km2

6.3%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

7.1 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colmars in country France

Colmars at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	74 km	SouthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	117 km	EastNorthEast
3 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	130 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Mercantour	FR	3 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Castellane

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Castellane	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam