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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.9415,Lat: 45.5723
Elevation	839 meter above sea level
Local time	1:12:36am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	Murol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chambon-sur-Lac	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Saint-Nectaire	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Saint-Pierre-Colamine	5.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Saint-Diéry	6.6 km	SouthEast
5 Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise	6.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	358 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	368 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	379 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 240 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 d'Aydat (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puy de Sancy with a height of 1885 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction WestSouthWest).One of the mountains in Massif CentralThe nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 17 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 242.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 339 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 89%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les Couzes -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 168 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.6%

Nature

7.3 km2

9.3%

Agriculture

43 km2

54.9%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Murol in country France

Murol 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	23 km	North
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	149 km	East
3 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	150 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pays des Couzes	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 Murol

Type of weather in Murol	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam