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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3365,Lat: 45.0428
Elevation	1773 meter above sea level
Local time	21:32:53pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Hautes-Alpes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Briançon
Name	Villar-d'Arêne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Grave	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Valloire	15.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Le Monêtier-les-Bains	15.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Le Freney-d'Oisans	16.6 km	West
5 Mont-de-Lans	16.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	169 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	228 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	339 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Isere, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Chambon (1.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is La Meije with a height of 3983 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 23.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 0%, high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.A. Chaîne Aiguilles d'Arves-Mas de la Gra
STS. 5.I Alpes des Grandes Rousses et des Aiguill*
SPG.5.I.A. Chaîne Aiguilles d'Arves-Mas de la Gra
La Haute-Romanche - Le Briançonnais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Turin Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chambéry-Savoie Airport (at a distance of 75 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.5 km2

5.7%

Nature

45.8 km2

58.3%

Agriculture

2.1 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

19.3 km2

24.6%

Ice - Glacier

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villar-d'Arêne in country France

Villar-d'Arêne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	106 km	East
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	129 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	138 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Combeynot - Lautaret - Ecrins	FR	0.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Monêtier-les-Bains

Type of weather in Le Monêtier-les-Bains	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam