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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0869,Lat: 43.8301
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	9:33:07am
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Gard
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nîmes
Name	Fontanès
Other place with same name 1	Fontanès Rhône-Alpes - Loire
Other place with same name 2	Fontanès Midi-Pyrénées - Lot

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lecques	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Salinelles	2.5 km	SouthWest
3 Combas	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Souvignargues	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Aspères	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	254 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	269 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	434 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 30 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 Étang de Mauguio (30.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 171.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 240 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Les petites plaines et les vallons du Vidourle - Les garrigues

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 102 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

7.3 km2

9.3%

Viticulture

43.5 km2

55.3%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontanès in country France

Fontanès at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	38 km	EastNorthEast
2 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	47 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	59 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hautes Garrigues du Montpellirais	FR	6 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villevieille

Type of weather in Villevieille	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam