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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9909,Lat: 46.619
Elevation	910 meter above sea level
Local time	9:39:57am
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Claude
Name	Fort-du-Plasne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaumusse	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lac-des-Rouges-Truites	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Foncine-le-Bas	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Les Planches-en-Montagne	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Chaux-des-Crotenay	5.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	117 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	275 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	332 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 322 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac d'Ilay (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Col de la Givrine with a height of 1228 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 87%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Les Grands Vaux de Saint-Laurent et Foncine - Jura Plissé des Grands Vaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.3 km2

56.4%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

37.5%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fort-du-Plasne in country France

Fort-du-Plasne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	36 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	60 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	67 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grandvaux	FR	0.2 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morbier

Type of weather in Morbier	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam