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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6221,Lat: 45.5625
Elevation	859 meter above sea level
Local time	8:19:41am
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	Tauves

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Tour-d'Auvergne	6.2 km	SouthEast
2 Larodde	7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bagnols	7 km	South
4 Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne	7.2 km	NorthEast
5 Messeix	8.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	350 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paris	France	367 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	402 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 249 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Lastioulles (1.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puy de Sancy with a height of 1885 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction EastSouthEast).One of the mountains in Massif CentralThe nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 12.2 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 266.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 373 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 83%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
L'Artense -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 193 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 49 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

20.6%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

61.1 km2

77.8%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tauves in country France

Tauves at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	36 km	NorthEast
2 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	127 km	WestSouthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	154 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de la Dordogne	FR	0 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tauves

Type of weather in Tauves	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam