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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6512,Lat: 45.6801
Elevation	346 meter above sea level
Local time	23:01:32pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Rhône
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Name	Thurins

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rontalon	2.7 km	SouthWest
2 Messimy	3 km	NorthEast
3 Soucieu-en-Jarrest	3.7 km	East
4 Saint-Laurent-d'Agny	5.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Chaussan	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	257 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	308 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	395 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 240 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 des Eaux Bleues (2.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 112.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 158 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 71%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Plateau du sud-ouest Lyonnais - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.8 km2

18.9%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

58.2 km2

74.1%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thurins in country France

Thurins at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	17 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	132 km	West
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	145 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site chiroptres des Monts du Matin	FR	20 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Thurins
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurins

Type of weather in Thurins	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam