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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5161,Lat: 45.4727
Elevation	405 meter above sea level
Local time	16:21:40pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Étienne
Name	Saint-Chamond

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 L'Horme	2.4 km	NorthEast
2 Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 La Grand-Croix	5.2 km	NorthEast
4 Cellieu	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sorbiers	5.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	279 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	301 km	SouthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	406 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 215 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 de Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 133.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Agglomération de St-Chamond à Rive-de-Gier - paysages urbains et périurbains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 19 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.7 km2

20%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.5%

Urban area

16.6 km2

21.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Chamond in country France

Saint-Chamond at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	41 km	NorthEast
2 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	121 km	South
3 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	126 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de l'Ondenon, contreforts nord du Pilat	FR	6.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Chamond

Type of weather in Saint-Chamond	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam