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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3543,Lat: 45.6885
Elevation	528 meter above sea level
Local time	2:25:13am
Name province/region	Rhône-Alpes
Name Subregion	Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montbrison
Name	Virigneux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meys	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Maringes	3 km	South
3 Saint-Martin-Lestra	3.5 km	North
4 Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Viricelles	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	276 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	326 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	385 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 237 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grangent (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 133.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 28%, low mountains: 72%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Massif Central
Vallons de l'ouest du Tararais - paysages agraires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

12.5%

Agriculture

66.5 km2

84.7%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virigneux in country France

Virigneux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Site of Lyon	France	38 km	East
2 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	109 km	West
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	144 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Site chiroptres des Monts du Matin	FR	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haute-Rivoire

Type of weather in Haute-Rivoire	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam