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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4304,Lat: 47.0239
Elevation	906 meter above sea level
Local time	13:09:32pm
Name province/region (Région)	Franche-Comté
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontarlier
Name	La Chaux
Other place with same name 1	La Chaux Bourgogne - Saône-et-Loire
Other place with same name 2	La Chaux Vaud - Jura-Nord vaudois

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Longeville	3.9 km	East
2 Montbenoît	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ville-du-Pont	4.3 km	SouthEast
4 Gilley	5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Arc-sous-Cicon	5.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	78 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	235 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	288 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 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 (reservoir) is Lac de Chaillexon (1.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.5 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 94%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
De Pontarlier au Russey - Le Second Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.5 km2

29.9%

Nature

6.5 km2

8.2%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

45.6 km2

58.1%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Chaux in country France

La Chaux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	32 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fortifications of Vauban	France	39 km	NorthWest
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	43 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de la Loue et du Lison	FR	1.5 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gilley

Type of weather in Gilley	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam