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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5533,Lat: 43.9875
Elevation	624 meter above sea level
Local time	10:30:48am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Alpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nice
Name	Saorge

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fontan	1.6 km	North
2 Breil-sur-Roya	5.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Brigue	9.7 km	NorthEast
4 Pigna	10.4 km	SouthEast
5 Buggio	10.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	30 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	329 km	North
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	382 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Osiglia (0.6 km² at a height of around 678 meter above sea level) at a distance of 61.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pietravecchia with a height of 2040 meter (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 4.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 8%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 59%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS.1.II Alpes ligures p.d. ( Alpes du Marguareis*
SPG.1.II.A. Chaîne du Saccarel
STS.1.II Alpes ligures p.d. ( Alpes du Marguareis*
SPG.1.II.A. Chaîne du Saccarel
La moyenne Roya - La Vallée de la Roya

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.7 km2

62%

Nature

28.5 km2

36.3%

Agriculture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saorge in country France

Saorge at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	39 km	SouthWest
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	76 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	Italy	120 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Bendola	FR	0.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Breil-sur-Roya

Type of weather in Breil-sur-Roya	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam