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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.8364,Lat: 43.0777
Elevation	311 meter above sea level
Local time	4:12:39am
Name province/region (Région)	Midi-Pyrénées
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pamiers
Name	Besset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Coutens	1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tourtrol	2.5 km	West
3 Mirepoix	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 La Bastide-de-Bousignac	4.9 km	SouthEast
5 Dun	6.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	68 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	458 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	543 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 100 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne main - Upper - Ariege, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Barrage de Montbel (5.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 51.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le pays de Mirepoix - Le pays des Pyrénées cathares

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Carcassonne Airport (at a distance of 41 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31 km2

39.5%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

42.1 km2

53.6%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Besset in country France

Besset at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	45 km	EastNorthEast
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	67 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Canal du Midi	France	69 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garonne, Arige, Hers, Salat, Pique et Neste	FR	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mirepoix

Type of weather in Mirepoix	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:23 Europe/Amsterdam