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lac de Nantua

474 m1,555 ft
Area
1.39 km²
Max depth
43 m
Tonight
5°CRain · Wind 15 km/h S

lac de Nantua is a lake at 474 m above sea level in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 1.39 km² in area and 2.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
474 m
Length
2.6 km
Shoreline
6.3 km
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Lake

lac de Nantua in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.6 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
6.3 km≈1½ h to walk around
3D map

lac de Nantua 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

lac de Nantua 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

lac de Nantua elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

lac de Nantua weather

Tonight · Rain · 5°C (41°F) · 0.7 mm · Wind 15 km/h S

lac de Nantua forecast for about 474 m.

  • Tonight5°0.7 mm15 km/h S
  • Today6°8°10.8 mm27 km/h S
  • Sun4°12°9.4 mm31 km/h S
  • Mon3°13°–8 km/h SE
  • Tue6°20°1.1 mm11 km/h S
  • Wed5°13°–14 km/h N
  • Thu4°14°–7 km/h SE
  • Fri4°15°–5 km/h NW
  • Sat8°11°2.0 mm6 km/h NW
  • Sun3°9°2.3 mm12 km/h W

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 Nantua

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

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km ENE
Parking0.4 km ENE
Parking0.7 km E
Le LacCampsite1.3 km WNW
Le SignalCampsite1.7 km SE
Le camping des GrangesCampsite6.0 km ESE
Aire camping-car IzernoreCaravan site6.9 km NNW
Chalet (refuge) ONFHut7.8 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.6 × 4.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
67.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
18.6%
Steep, 30–45°
11.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.1%
Steeper than 30°
14.3% of the 21 km² view
Relief in view
489 m low point 474 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.8%Built-up 11.4%Grassland 10.2%Water 6.5%Cropland 3.0%

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

Where it sits

Where lac de Nantua sits

Range
Jura Mountains26
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 2026-09-23)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia