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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0045,Lat: 49.3492
Elevation	316 meter above sea level
Local time	10:14:14am
Name province/region (Région)	Lorraine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Moselle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Thionville
Name	Fontoy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knutange	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lommerange	3.3 km	SouthWest
3 Nilvange	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Neufchef	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Algrange	3.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	30 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	204 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Paris	France	275 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 256 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Amel (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-French border with a straight distance of 11.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 99%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le Pays Haut - Les régions paysagères des plateaux calcaires

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.5 km2

45.2%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

39.5%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontoy in country France

Fontoy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	30 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	63 km	EastSouthEast
3 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	64 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dudelange Haard	LU	11 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fontoy

Type of weather in Fontoy	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam