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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.274,Lat: 44.9577
Elevation	949 meter above sea level
Local time	11:27:13am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Lorcières

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clavières	3.1 km	North
2 Chaliers	3.2 km	West
3 Loubaresse	5.4 km	SouthWest
4 Ruynes-en-Margeride	6.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Albaret-Sainte-Marie	8.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	305 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	358 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	391 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lot, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. 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 3.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 246.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 345 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 93%, 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
La haute Margeride - Margeride

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 165 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 41 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.5 km2

32.4%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

62.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lorcières in country France

Lorcières at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	83 km	South
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	94 km	North
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	111 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Section moules perlires de la Truyre	FR	2.8 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorcières

Type of weather in Lorcières	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam