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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3231,Lat: 43.8007
Elevation	207 meter above sea level
Local time	7:06:35am
Name province/region (Région)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Alpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nice
Name	Contes
Other place with same name 1	Contes Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Pas-de-Calais

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Châteauneuf-Villevieille	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Berre-les-Alpes	3.4 km	North
3 Blausasc	4.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Peillon	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Tourrette-Levens	4.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	11 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	349 km	North
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	408 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Saint-Cassien (3.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Monegasque-French border with a straight distance of 10.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 11%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
Le bassin des Paillons - Les Préalpes Niçoises

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 18 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.7 km2

34%

Nature

27.9 km2

35.5%

Agriculture

4.5 km2

5.8%

Urban area

17.8 km2

22.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Contes in country France

Contes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	12 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	103 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	144 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Corniches de la Rivira	FR	6.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Contes

Type of weather in Contes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:57 Europe/Amsterdam