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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.4682,Lat: 46.7259
Elevation	166 meter above sea level
Local time	3:15:24am
Name province/region	Centre-Val de Loire
Name Subregion	Cher
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Name	Orval

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bouzais	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Saint-Amand-Montrond	3.1 km	East
3 Nozières	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Orcenais	3.4 km	West
5 Drevant	3.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	237 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	380 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	420 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 279 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cher, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de la Chelouze (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 275.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 385 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 72%, hill: 28%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Saint-Amand-Montrond - Les paysages urbanisés

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 222 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.7 km2

26.3%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.7%

Urban area

9.4 km2

11.9%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orval in country France

Orval at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bourges Cathedral	France	40 km	North
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	112 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	124 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coteaux, bois et marais calcaires de la Champagne Berrichonne	FR	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orval

Type of weather in Orval	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam