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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.817,Lat: 44.5325
Elevation	857 meter above sea level
Local time	22:34:07pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gap
Name	Veynes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Furmeyer	2.9 km	East
2 Aspres-sur-Buëch	5.3 km	West
3 Montmaur	6.1 km	NorthEast
4 Aspremont	8.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 La Bâtie-Montsaléon	9.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	156 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	296 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	408 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 136 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Durance, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Retenue de la Saulce Ou de Curbans (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 82.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 116 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 90%, high mountains: 2%, 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. 6.I Préalpes du Dévoluy
SPG.6.I.B. Chaîne Gd Tête de l'Obiou-Roc de Garn
STS. 6.I Préalpes du Dévoluy
SPG.6.I.B. Chaîne Gd Tête de l'Obiou-Roc de Garn
Le Haut-Büech - La pays de Büech

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.3 km2

43.6%

Nature

21.7 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

24.9%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veynes in country France

Veynes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the	France	92 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	103 km	SouthWest
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	113 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dvoluy - Durbon - Charance - Champsaur	FR	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veynes

Type of weather in Veynes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam