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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8374,Lat: 44.9205
Elevation	964 meter above sea level
Local time	11:43:05am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Cantal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Flour
Name	Pierrefort

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paulhenc	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Gourdièges	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux	4.6 km	NorthWest
4 Thérondels	6.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cézens	7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	287 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	389 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	422 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 178 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 Sarrans (8.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Plomb du Cantal with a height of 1855 meter (at a distance of 16.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 269.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 378 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 92%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le plateau de Pierrefort - Les plateaux de l'Est

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aurillac Airport (at a distance of 33 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.1 km2

16.7%

Nature

3.2 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

61.3 km2

78.2%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pierrefort in country France

Pierrefort 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	93 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	96 km	North
3 Episcopal City of Albi	France	123 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Affluents rive droite de la Truyre amont	FR	0.1 km	South

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierrefort

Type of weather in Pierrefort	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam