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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6512,Lat: 44.6606
Elevation	1104 meter above sea level
Local time	6:14:47am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Guillestre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Dauphin	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Eygliers	3.2 km	NorthWest
3 Risoul	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Saint-Crépin	6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	6.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	120 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	261 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	354 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 118 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 de Serre-Ponçon (26.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 21.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 52%, high mountains: 48%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
STS. 4.I Alpes du Mont Viso (Alpes de la Haute Ub*
SPG.4.I.B. Chaîne du Parpaillon (Chaîne Font San
La confluence Guil-Durance - Le Guillestrois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cuneo International Airport (at a distance of 78 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.1 km2

56.1%

Nature

15.2 km2

19.4%

Agriculture

14.9 km2

19%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Guillestre in country France

Guillestre at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	94 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	104 km	East
3 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	117 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin	FR	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Guillestre

Type of weather in Guillestre	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam