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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0925,Lat: 46.3491
Elevation	663 meter above sea level
Local time	15:46:46pm
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Ain
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gex
Name	Vesancy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gex	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Grilly	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Divonne-les-Bains	3.7 km	East
4 Cessy	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Sauverny	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	123 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	276 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	309 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.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 Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Col de la Givrine with a height of 1228 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 18%, low mountains: 53%, moderate high mountains: 24%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Plaine de Gex - paysages émergents

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 12 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.7 km2

42.9%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

37.5%

Urban area

11.2 km2

14.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vesancy in country France

Vesancy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	53 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	58 km	East
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	67 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Crts du Haut-Jura	FR	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gex

Type of weather in Gex	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam