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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3069,Lat: 43.7027
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	6:04:59am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Alpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nice
Name	Villefranche-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beaulieu-sur-Mer	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Nice	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	2.8 km	SouthEast
4 La Trinité	4 km	North
5 Saint-André-de-la-Roche	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	9.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	360 km	North
3 San Marino	San-marino	415 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Villefranche-sur-Mer lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Saint-Cassien (3.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Monegasque-French border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 71%, hill: 22%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
Sous les corniches - De Nice à Monaco

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 8.8 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (at a distance of 34 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

12.7%

Nature

5 km2

11.3%

Agriculture

1.3 km2

2.8%

Urban area

30 km2

67.8%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.4%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villefranche-sur-Mer in country France

Villefranche-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	2.8 km	West
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	113 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	Italy	152 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Corniches de la Rivira	FR	0.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villefranche-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Villefranche-sur-Mer	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam