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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.2194,Lat: 45.48
Elevation	484 meter above sea level
Local time	6:18:56am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	Gignat

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chalus	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Villeneuve	2.7 km	West
3 Saint-Germain-Lembron	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bergonne	2.9 km	North
5 Boudes	3.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	356 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	364 km	EastNorthEast
3 Paris	France	382 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 223 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 d'Aydat (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 36.8 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 224.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 314 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 71%, low mountains: 29%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le val d'Allier -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 148 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10 km2

12.7%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.5%

Agriculture

60.7 km2

77.3%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gignat in country France

Gignat 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	39 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	130 km	East
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	141 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles et cteaux xrothermiques des Couzes et Limagnes	FR	0.2 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villeneuve

Type of weather in Villeneuve	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam