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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.5245,Lat: 42.6176
Elevation	411 meter above sea level
Local time	20:35:03pm
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Prades
Name	Joch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rigarda	1.1 km	NorthEast
2 Vinça	2.9 km	North
3 Marquixanes	4.1 km	NorthWest
4 Rodès	4.9 km	NorthEast
5 Bouleternère	6.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	83 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	417 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	570 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction East).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 Retenue de Caramany (1.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pic du Canigou with a height of 2784 meter (at a distance of 12.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 49.6 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 57%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 15%, 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
La vallée-verger du Conflent - Les contreforts de la Montagne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 31 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.4 km2

42.5%

Nature

23.4 km2

29.8%

Agriculture

18.5 km2

23.5%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Joch in country France

Joch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	67 km	North
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	78 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	137 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sites chiroptres des Pyrnes orientales	FR	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Vinça

Type of weather in Vinça	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam