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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7954,Lat: 46.786
Elevation	547 meter above sea level
Local time	10:16:05am
Name province/region (Région)	Franche-Comté
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lons-le-Saunier
Name	Besain

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montrond	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Crotenay	4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Molain	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Picarreau	5.1 km	SouthWest
5 Le Fied	6.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	127 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	286 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	315 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 346 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Chalain (2.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Le plateau des Moidons - Le Premier Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dole-Tavaux Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

51.7 km2

65.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

29.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Besain in country France

Besain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	18 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Fortifications of Vauban	France	53 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy	France	77 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Recule des Planches prs d'Arbois	FR	5.5 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Lons-le-Saunier

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Lons-le-Saunier	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:56 Europe/Amsterdam