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Col de la République

1,169 m3,835 ft
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
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Pass

Col de la République: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,169 mL'Ollagnière 1,048 m+121 m · 1.3 kmPont Souvignet 973 m+196 m · 2.8 km

Crossed by: a mapped trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Col de la République 3D map

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Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Col de la République elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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

    +2 more within 2.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping municipal Saint-Genest-Malifaux

    4.5 km W · +1 more within 7.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Aire Camping-car Planfoy

    5.3 km NNW · +1 more within 5.5 km

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km S
Parking1.1 km SSE
Parking2.8 km NNE
Camping municipal Saint-Genest-MalifauxCampsite4.5 km W
Aire Camping-car PlanfoyCaravan site5.3 km NNW
Parking Camping Car Le BessatCaravan site5.5 km NE
Les RégnièresCampsite7.6 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
80.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
19.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.8% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
558 m low point 764 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.1%Grassland 29.4%Cropland 1.9%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

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 it sits

Where Col de la République sits

Range
Massif Central10
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes44France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-19)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia