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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7112,Lat: 43.4738
Elevation	405 meter above sea level
Local time	10:17:29am
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Courniou

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Pons-de-Thomières	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Labastide-Rouairoux	5.9 km	West
3 Riols	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lacabarède	10.4 km	West
5 Sauveterre	13.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	144 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	382 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	535 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction SouthEast).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 Lac de la Raviège (4.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 111.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 156 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 38%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les vallées de la Salesse et du Jaur - La montagne et ses piémonts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Castres-Mazamet Airport (at a distance of 35 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

67.5 km2

86%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Courniou in country France

Courniou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	41 km	SouthWest
2 Episcopal City of Albi	France	68 km	NorthWest
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	103 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grotte de la Rivire Morte	FR	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Type of weather in Saint-Pons-de-Thomières	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	07:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:18 Europe/Amsterdam