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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1949,Lat: 45.2866
Elevation	654 meter above sea level
Local time	6:24:05am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Brioude
Name	Grenier-Montgon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Espalem	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Massiac	3.9 km	South
3 Blesle	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Saint-Beauzire	5.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Laurie	7.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	336 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	376 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	378 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 203 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 du Barrage de Grandval (10.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 42.2 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 234.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 328 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 95%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le bas Cézallier, les gorges de l'Allagnon - Limagnes et plateaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 50 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35 km2

44.6%

Nature

4.7 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

45.7%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grenier-Montgon in country France

Grenier-Montgon 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	58 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	120 km	South
3 Historic Site of Lyon	France	139 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles et Gtes de la Sianne et du Bas Alagnon	FR	0.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montgon

Type of weather in Montgon	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam