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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.4226,Lat: 45.2882
Elevation	460 meter above sea level
Local time	9:39:40am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Brioude
Name	Fontannes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lamothe	2.8 km	North
2 Vieille-Brioude	3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Brioude	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Lavaudieu	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 Javaugues	4.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	343 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	361 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	362 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 198 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 39 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 218.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 305 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Massif Central
La limagne Brivadoise - Limagnes et plateaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 138 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.2 km2

24.5%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.7%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontannes in country France

Fontannes 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	65 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	119 km	South
3 Historic Site of Lyon	France	122 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Val d'Allier Limagne Brivadoise	FR	0.8 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brioude

Type of weather in Brioude	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam