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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.69,Lat: 45.5339
Elevation	984 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:26am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	La Tour-d'Auvergne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chastreix	4.2 km	SouthEast
2 Bagnols	6 km	SouthWest
3 Tauves	6.2 km	NorthWest
4 La Bourboule	7.2 km	NorthEast
5 Saint-Donat	7.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	348 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	370 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	399 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 244 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Lastioulles (1.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puy de Sancy with a height of 1885 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction East).One of the mountains in Massif CentralThe nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 6 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 262.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 367 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
L'Artense -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 188 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 47 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.6 km2

23.6%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

55.1 km2

70.1%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Tour-d'Auvergne in country France

La Tour-d'Auvergne 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	35 km	NorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	130 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	159 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rivires crevisses pattes blanches	FR	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Tour-dAuvergne

Type of weather in La Tour-dAuvergne	moderate rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam