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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.2455,Lat: 43.5665
Elevation	310 meter above sea level
Local time	1:43:30am
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Fos
Other place with same name 1	Fos Midi-Pyrénées - Haute-Garonne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Faugères	4.5 km	West
2 Laurens	6.3 km	SouthWest
3 Gabian	6.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Neffiès	7.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Roujan	8.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	183 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	338 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	499 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 du Salagou (7.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 122.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 171 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 77%, 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
Les pentes sud-est des avants-monts - La montagne et ses piémonts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 152 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 28 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.5 km2

61.8%

Nature

11.1 km2

14.1%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

Viticulture

11.1 km2

14.2%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fos in country France

Fos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	75 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	82 km	WestSouthWest
3 Episcopal City of Albi	France	98 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Salagou	FR	4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laurens

Type of weather in Laurens	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:16 Europe/Amsterdam