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Col de la République
- Connects
- L'Ollagnière – Pont Souvignet
- Tonight
- 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h W
Col de la République is a mountain pass at 1,169 m in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It links L'Ollagnière and Pont Souvignet.
All facts
- Saddle
- 1,169 m
- Lowest point
- 1,048 m / 973 m
Col de la République: the climb from each side
Crossed by: a mapped trail
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Col de la République 3D map
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Col de la République terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Col de la République elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Col de la République weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 12 km/h W
Col de la République forecast for about 1,169 m.
- Tonight1°–12 km/h W
- Today1°6°2.4 mm19 km/h SW
- Sun3°12°1.1 mm26 km/h SW
- Mon3°12°–9 km/h W
- Tue7°18°0.2 mm10 km/h N
- Wed2°8°1.0 mm18 km/h N
- Thu1°11°–7 km/h NW
- Fri5°13°–5 km/h W
- Sat5°9°0.7 mm9 km/h NW
- Sun-1°7°0.6 mm12 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Col de la République
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Col de la République, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km S
Nearest campsite
Camping municipal Saint-Genest-Malifaux
Nearest caravan site
Aire Camping-car Planfoy
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km S |
| Parking | 1.1 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNE |
| Camping municipal Saint-Genest-MalifauxCampsite | 4.5 km W |
| Aire Camping-car PlanfoyCaravan site | 5.3 km NNW |
| Parking Camping Car Le BessatCaravan site | 5.5 km NE |
| Les RégnièresCampsite | 7.6 km S |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.8% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 558 m low point 764 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 462 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Woodland Dor Beetle14
- Jelly-antler11
- Saddleback Harvestman10
- Fly Agaric9
- Marbled White9
- Deer fern9
Where Col de la République sits
- Range
- Massif Central10
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes44France176Europe2,143
Nearby places
Mont Gerbier de JoncPeak · 1,551 m↑58 km SSW
Grands Goulets↑82 km ESE
Lac de PaladruLake · 492 m↑84 km E
Col de RoussetPass · 1,367 m↑91 km SE
Lac de Monteynard-AvignonetLake · 490 m↑103 km ESE
More in the Massif Central 6
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- Imagery
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- Land cover
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- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)