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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6781,Lat: 45.6999
Elevation	308 meter above sea level
Local time	0:11:56am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Rhône
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Name	Messimy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soucieu-en-Jarrest	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brindas	3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Thurins	3 km	SouthWest
4 Vaugneray	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Chaponost	5.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	254 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	308 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	394 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 242 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac des Eaux Bleues (2.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 110 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 154 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 91%, low mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Plateau du sud-ouest Lyonnais - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.6%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

57.4 km2

73%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Messimy in country France

Messimy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	14 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	134 km	West
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	147 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l'le de Miribel-Jonage	FR	19 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messimy

Type of weather in Messimy	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam