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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.378,Lat: 48.1238
Elevation	183 meter above sea level
Local time	6:28:50am
Name province/region	Alsace
Name Subregion	Haut-Rhin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Name	Houssen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bennwihr	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Holtzwihr	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ostheim	4.1 km	North
4 Wickerschwihr	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Horbourg-Wihr	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	131 km	South
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	189 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	195 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 424 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Baggersee Rhinau-Kappel (0.6 km² at a distance of 30.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 14.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 95%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

41.7 km2

53.2%

Viticulture

10.8 km2

13.7%

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houssen in country France

Houssen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	58 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	109 km	NorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	113 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ried de Colmar Slestat, Haut-Rhin	FR	2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Houssen

Type of weather in Houssen	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam