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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2666,Lat: 45.5826
Elevation	381 meter above sea level
Local time	3:37:22am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Rivas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Veauchette	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Veauche	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Craintilleux	2.9 km	West
4 Cuzieu	3 km	North
5 Unias	4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	288 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	393 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 225 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 de Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 144.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 202 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western 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
Sud de la plaine du Forez - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 5.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

58.8 km2

74.9%

Urban area

11.4 km2

14.5%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rivas in country France

Rivas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	49 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	104 km	WestNorthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	133 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de la Loire	FR	0.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veauche

Type of weather in Veauche	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam