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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9263,Lat: 47.2301
Elevation	274 meter above sea level
Local time	2:22:00am
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Besançon
Name	Franois

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Serre-les-Sapins	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Chemaudin	2.4 km	West
3 Champvans-les-Moulins	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Pouilley-les-Vignes	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Champagney	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	120 km	EastSouthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	265 km	North
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	273 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 380 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is L'Entonnoir (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 48.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 51.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 71 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Du Jura à Besançon - Avants-Monts et Avants-Plateaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dole-Tavaux Airport (at a distance of 43 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.7 km2

30.2%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

34.5 km2

43.9%

Urban area

18.8 km2

23.9%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Franois in country France

Franois at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Fortifications of Vauban	France	7.7 km	East
2 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	33 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	70 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de la Loue et du Lison	FR	8 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Franois

Type of weather in Franois	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam