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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.2425,Lat: 45.4277
Elevation	513 meter above sea level
Local time	20:03:43pm
Name province/region	Auvergne
Name Subregion	Puy-de-Dôme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Issoire
Name	Vichel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moriat	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Saint-Germain-Lembron	3.4 km	North
3 Charbonnier-les-Mines	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Beaulieu	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-Gervazy	4.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	351 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	365 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	382 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 217 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Allier, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac d'Aydat (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Chaîne des Puys (Cinder cones) at a distance of 39.4 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 224.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 315 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Le val d'Allier -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (at a distance of 40 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.4%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

60.8 km2

77.4%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vichel in country France

Vichel 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	45 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Historic Site of Lyon	France	130 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	135 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pays des Couzes	FR	0.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Gervazy

Type of weather in Saint-Gervazy	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam