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Lac des Settons

586 m1,923 ft
Max depth
6 m
Tonight
4°CHeavy rain · Wind 23 km/h W

Lac des Settons is a lake at 586 m above sea level in canton of Château-Chinon, France.

All facts
Surface elevation
586 m
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Lac des Settons 3D map

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Lac des Settons 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.

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Lac des Settons elevation profile

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Weather

Lac des Settons weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 3.9 mm · Wind 23 km/h W

Lac des Settons forecast for about 586 m.

  • Tonight4°3.9 mm23 km/h W
  • Today5°7°21.5 mm32 km/h SW
  • Sun4°11°18.6 mm34 km/h SW
  • Mon4°10°–18 km/h SW
  • Tue9°18°0.7 mm18 km/h W
  • Wed6°10°–13 km/h NE
  • Thu5°12°–13 km/h E
  • Fri6°14°–3 km/h NW
  • Sat7°11°7.4 mm12 km/h SW
  • Sun5°7°0.4 mm20 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 des Settons

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Plage du Midi

    0.8 km NE · +2 more within 1.3 km

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km W

    +2 more within 0.9 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Camping municipal Baie de la Faye

    1.6 km NNE · +1 more within 6.7 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Camping Plage du MidiCampsite0.8 km NE
Parking0.8 km W
Parking0.8 km NNE
Parking0.9 km W
L'HermitageCampsite1.1 km SSW
Camping Plage des SettonsCampsite1.3 km N
Camping municipal Baie de la FayeCaravan site1.6 km NNE
Aire de camping-car de Moux-en-MorvanCaravan site6.7 km E
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
88.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
10.9%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
162 m low point 537 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.2%Grassland 27.3%Water 19.5%Cropland 1.5%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Lac des Settons sits

Range
Massif Central10
Region
France176Europe2,143
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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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia