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Lake · canton of Virieu

Lac de Paladru

491 m1,611 ft
Area
3.76 km²
Max depth
36 m
Tonight
5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h S

Lac de Paladru is a lake at 491 m above sea level in canton of Virieu, France, 3.76 km² in area and 5.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
491 m
Length
5.3 km
Shoreline
12.4 km
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Lake

Lac de Paladru in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

5.3 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
12.4 km≈3 h to walk around
3D map

Lac de Paladru 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Lac de Paladru 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 Paladru elevation profile

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Weather

Lac de Paladru weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 9 km/h S

Lac de Paladru forecast for about 491 m.

  • Tonight5°–9 km/h S
  • Today5°10°3.2 mm19 km/h S
  • Sun6°13°3.0 mm25 km/h S
  • Mon5°13°–8 km/h N
  • Tue6°17°0.1 mm6 km/h S
  • Wed6°13°–21 km/h NW
  • Thu5°10°–7 km/h N
  • Fri5°13°–4 km/h N
  • Sat5°11°1.1 mm7 km/h N
  • Sun4°11°1.6 mm15 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 Paladru

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Les Noisetiers

    0.3 km SSE · +2 more within 1.2 km

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km SSW

    +2 more within 1.2 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Charavines

    2.5 km SW · +1 more within 5.6 km

  • Nearest hut

    Cabane de la couleuvre

    6.7 km S

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Camping Les NoisetiersCampsite0.3 km SSE
Parking0.4 km SSW
Route du Bord du LacCampsite0.4 km SSW
Parking1.1 km SSW
Parking1.2 km SE
Camping Sans SouciCampsite1.2 km NE
CharavinesCaravan site2.5 km SW
Aire de service de VirieuCaravan site5.6 km NW
Cabane de la couleuvreHut6.7 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7.3 × 7.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 78% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
77.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
18.8%
Steep, 30–45°
3.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
3.5% of the 53 km² view
Relief in view
371 m low point 444 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 36.8%Grassland 36.7%Cropland 15.4%Water 7.2%Built-up 3.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Lac de Paladru sits

Region
France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Lac de Paladru downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia