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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.5515,Lat: 43.6527
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	8:25:13am
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lodève
Name	Gignac
Other place with same name 1	Gignac Midi-Pyrénées - Lot

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-André-de-Sangonis	3.8 km	West
2 Popian	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve	4.3 km	South
4 Aniane	4.9 km	NorthEast
5 Pouzols	4.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	208 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	312 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	476 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 30 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 12 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 137 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 97%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
La plaine viticole de l'Hérault autour de Gignac - Les plaines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 137 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 34 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

12%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

11 km2

14%

Viticulture

46.2 km2

58.9%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gignac in country France

Gignac 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	63 km	North
2 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	86 km	EastNorthEast
3 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	87 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de l'Hrault	FR	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gignac

Type of weather in Gignac	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:15 Europe/Amsterdam