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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6057,Lat: 47.0539
Elevation	756 meter above sea level
Local time	18:31:02pm
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontarlier
Name	Morteau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montlebon	1.3 km	South
2 Grand'Combe-Châteleu	3.8 km	SouthWest
3 Les Fins	3.9 km	NorthEast
4 Les Combes	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Villers-le-Lac	5.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	65 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	222 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	286 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 336 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 5.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is La Chaux-de-Fonds with a height of 991 meter (at a distance of 16.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.1 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 81%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le Val de Morteau - Le Second Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.3 km2

32.2%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

45.2 km2

57.6%

Urban area

7 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morteau in country France

Morteau 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	18 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fortifications of Vauban	France	48 km	WestNorthWest
3 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	57 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles du Dessoubre, de la Rverotte et du Doubs	FR	9.6 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montlebon

Type of weather in Montlebon	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam