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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9135,Lat: 45.6178
Elevation	309 meter above sea level
Local time	5:35:24am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Savoie
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chambéry
Name	Sonnaz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Voglans	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Verel-Pragondran	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Méry	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 La Motte-Servolex	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Viviers-du-Lac	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	189 km	NorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	241 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	325 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 239 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Bourget (43.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 79%, low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 9%, high mountains: 3%, 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
Bassin de Chambéry, Montmélian - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chambéry-Savoie Airport (at a distance of 3.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

25.6%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

39.1%

Urban area

21.4 km2

27.2%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sonnaz in country France

Sonnaz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	86 km	WestNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	116 km	NorthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	118 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ensemble lac du Bourget-Chautagne-Rhne	FR	3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sonnaz

Type of weather in Sonnaz	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam