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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0815,Lat: 47.2341
Elevation	420 meter above sea level
Local time	5:02:02am
Name province/region (Région)	Franche-Comté
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Besançon
Name	Montfaucon
Other place with same name 1	Montfaucon Midi-Pyrénées - Lot
Other place with same name 2	Montfaucon Languedoc-Roussillon - Gard
Other place with same name 3	Montfaucon Jura - Les Franches-Montagnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Morre	1.5 km	SouthWest
2 La Vèze	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saône	2.9 km	SouthEast
4 Gennes	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Chalèze	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	108 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	261 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	264 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 374 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 is L'Entonnoir (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
La vallée du Doubs entre Jura et Besançon - La Bordure Jurassienne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.6 km2

31.3%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

29.2 km2

37.1%

Urban area

19 km2

24.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montfaucon in country France

Montfaucon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Fortifications of Vauban	France	4.1 km	West
2 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	36 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	59 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Moyenne valle du Doubs	FR	0.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morre

Type of weather in Morre	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam