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Lac de Chambon

261 m856 ft
Tonight
8°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW

Lac de Chambon is a lake at 261 m above sea level in France.

All facts
Surface elevation
261 m
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Lac de Chambon 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Lac de Chambon terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac de Chambon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac de Chambon weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 22 km/h SW

Lac de Chambon forecast for about 261 m.

  • Tonight8°0.6 mm22 km/h SW
  • Today8°12°8.1 mm37 km/h SW
  • Sun6°14°10.9 mm37 km/h SW
  • Mon6°15°–23 km/h S
  • Tue10°20°0.5 mm23 km/h SW
  • Wed7°13°–13 km/h E
  • Thu7°14°–15 km/h E
  • Fri7°14°–8 km/h W
  • Sat8°13°2.7 mm15 km/h W
  • Sun5°10°0.1 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 Lac de Chambon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac de Chambon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km N

    +2 more within 0.5 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Les Nugiras

    0.8 km WSW · +2 more within 2.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Aire de camping car d'Orsennes

    6.7 km NE

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km N
Parking0.4 km SW
Parking0.5 km NNE
Les NugirasCampsite0.8 km WSW
Camping Municipal de FougèresCampsite1.4 km S
Camping Sun ValleyCampsite2.6 km WNW
Aire de camping car d'OrsennesCaravan site6.7 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
87.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
11.2%
Steep, 30–45°
1.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
1.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
181 m low point 146 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.6%Grassland 35.4%Water 9.2%Cropland 9.0%Built-up 1.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Lac de Chambon sits

Region
France176Europe2,143
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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 2026-07-28)
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