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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6494,Lat: 45.0705
Elevation	353 meter above sea level
Local time	17:32:03pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Isère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grenoble
Name	Saint-Paul-de-Varces

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vif	2.9 km	SouthEast
2 Varces-Allières-et-Risset	4 km	NorthEast
3 Le Gua	5.3 km	South
4 Claix	6.3 km	NorthEast
5 Champ-sur-Drac	6.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	205 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	250 km	NorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	377 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 190 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Notre-Dame de Commiers (1.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 77.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 47%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 22%, high mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
STS. 6.III Préalpes du Vercors (Massif du Vercors
SPG.6.III.A. Chaîne Grand Veymont-Lans-Charande (
Bassin de Vif - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Grenoble-Isère Airport (at a distance of 41 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.8 km2

48.2%

Nature

10.4 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

21.1 km2

26.8%

Urban area

7.8 km2

10%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Paul-de-Varces in country France

Saint-Paul-de-Varces at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	100 km	NorthWest
2 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	123 km	SouthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	124 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Bourne	FR	10 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Paul-de-Varces

Type of weather in Saint-Paul-de-Varces	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam