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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6305,Lat: 45.6602
Elevation	448 meter above sea level
Local time	4:36:22am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Rhône
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Name	Rontalon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thurins	2.7 km	NorthEast
2 Chaussan	3 km	South
3 Saint-André-la-Côte	4 km	SouthWest
4 Saint-Sorlin	4.3 km	South
5 Saint-Laurent-d'Agny	4.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	260 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	308 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	396 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 237 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac des Eaux Bleues (2.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 115.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 161 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 51%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 7%, 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
Plateau du sud-ouest Lyonnais - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.3 km2

20.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

57.7 km2

73.4%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rontalon in country France

Rontalon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	20 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	130 km	West
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	142 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site chiroptres des Monts du Matin	FR	19 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurins

Type of weather in Thurins	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam