Pierre-sur-Haute
Pierre-sur-Haute is the highest point of the Forez mountains in the Massif Central, at the boundary of the Loire and Puy-de-Dôme departments. It is also the highest point in the Loire department.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nezdek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station and Montagne de Monthiallier.
Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station is a French military communications site that has been in use since 1913. The 30-hectare station is located on a hilltop in the Sauvain and Job communes 45.6531°N 3.8084°E.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne and Chalmazel-Jeansagnière.
Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne
Village
Photo: Anthospace, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département in Auvergne in central France.
Chalmazel-Jeansagnière
Village
Photo: Carotoc, Public domain.
Chalmazel-Jeansagnière is a commune in the Loire department of central France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Chalmazel and Jeansagnière.
Valcivières
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Valcivières is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
Pierre-sur-Haute
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,634 metres
- Description: mountain in France
- Categories: mountain, historic site, wayside cross, and landform
- Location: Job, Arrondissement of Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.65277° or 45° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
3.80954° or 3° 48′ 34″ eastElevation
1,634 metres (5,361 feet)Open location code
8FQ5MR35+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 26864273OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2987226Wikidata ID
Q2427038
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Pierre-sur-Haute” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Cebuano: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Dutch: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- French: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- German: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Hebrew: “פייר-סור-אוט”
- Italian: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Japanese: “ピエール・シュール・オート”
- Ladin: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Malagasy: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pèira Serrauta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pèira sus Nauta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pèirasusnauta”
- Russian: “Пьер-сюр-От”
- Venetian: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
- Welsh: “Pierre-sur-Haute”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pierre-sur-Haute”. Photo: Nezdek, CC BY-SA 4.0.