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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9729,Lat: 46.7043
Elevation	787 meter above sea level
Local time	10:47:12am
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lons-le-Saunier
Name	Crans

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Syam	2 km	West
2 Bourg-de-Sirod	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Sirod	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Le Vaudioux	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lent	4.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	115 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	275 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 330 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 d'Ilay (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 67%, moderate high mountains: 33%, 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
Le plateau de Nozeroy - Le Second Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dole-Tavaux Airport (at a distance of 56 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.7 km2

54.4%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

29.8 km2

37.9%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Crans in country France

Crans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Fortifications of Vauban	France	59 km	North
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	64 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Entrectes du Milieu - Malvaux	FR	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Champagnole

Type of weather in Champagnole	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam