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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.6228,Lat: 42.8866
Elevation	483 meter above sea level
Local time	5:45:00am
Name province/region	Midi-Pyrénées
Name Subregion	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Foix
Name	Mercus-Garrabet

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bompas	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Arignac	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Montoulieu	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Tarascon-sur-Ariège	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	43 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	480 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	517 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 116 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne main - Upper - Ariege, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Gnioure (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 26.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 16%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 40%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le bassin de Tarascon - Le pays de Foix Haute Ariège

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.7 km2

53.1%

Nature

22 km2

28%

Agriculture

10.4 km2

13.2%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mercus-Garrabet in country France

Mercus-Garrabet at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	43 km	South
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	70 km	EastNorthEast
3 Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	Spain	79 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garonne, Arige, Hers, Salat, Pique et Neste	FR	0.2 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mercus-Garrabet

Type of weather in Mercus-Garrabet	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam