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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8599,Lat: 45.0686
Elevation	710 meter above sea level
Local time	20:21:22pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Haute-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Le Puy-en-Velay
Name	Polignac

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Espaly-Saint-Marcel	2.5 km	South
2 Aiguilhe	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Chadrac	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ceyssac	3.4 km	SouthWest
5 Le Puy-en-Velay	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	321 km	EastSouthEast
2 Andorra	Andorra	340 km	SouthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	347 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 168 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac d'Issarlès (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 201.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 282 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 82%, moderate high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Massif Central
Le bassin du Puy-en-Velay - Le bassin du Puy-en-Velay

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 120 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Le Puy-Loudes Airport (at a distance of 7.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9 km2

11.5%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

54.4 km2

69.4%

Urban area

12 km2

15.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polignac in country France

Polignac at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	88 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	99 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	106 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grotte de la Denise	FR	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polignac

Type of weather in Polignac	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam