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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6633,Lat: 49.2475
Elevation	202 meter above sea level
Local time	21:26:45pm
Name province/region (Région)	Lorraine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Moselle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Name	Merten
Other place with same name 1	Merten Nordrhein-Westfalen - Köln
Other place with same name 2	Merten Nordrhein-Westfalen - Köln - Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Falck	2.4 km	SouthWest
2 Überherrn	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Berviller-en-Moselle	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Überherrn:Berus	2.9 km	NorthEast
5 Rémering	3.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	56 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	243 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	262 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Diefenbach (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 92%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le bassin houiller du Warndt et sa proche couronne - Les régions paysagères des pôles de développement

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 33 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.1 km2

34.5%

Nature

1.5 km2

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.6%

Urban area

8.6 km2

11%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merten in country France

Merten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	14 km	East
2 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	56 km	NorthWest
3 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	56 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westl. Berus	DE	0.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merten

Type of weather in Merten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam