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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.982,Lat: 43.6797
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	13:05:54pm
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montpellier
Name	Castries

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Baillargues	3.1 km	SouthEast
2 Vendargues	3.3 km	SouthWest
3 Sussargues	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues	4.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-Brès	4.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	238 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	278 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	453 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Tet, Aude, Herault, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Baie de la Capoulière (1.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 152.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 214 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
L'agglomération de Montpellier - Les garrigues

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.4%

Nature

14.1 km2

17.9%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

25%

Viticulture

21.4 km2

27.3%

Urban area

16.4 km2

20.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castries in country France

Castries at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	52 km	East
2 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	53 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	73 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hautes Garrigues du Montpellirais	FR	3.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Castries
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castries

Type of weather in Castries	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:13 Europe/Amsterdam