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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.8888,Lat: 42.7016
Elevation	1146 meter above sea level
Local time	7:02:23am
Name province/region (Région)	Midi-Pyrénées
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Foix
Name	Orlu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ax-les-Thermes	4.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mérens-les-Vals	6.3 km	SouthWest
3 Savignac-les-Ormeaux	6.6 km	NorthWest
4 Camurac	10.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Unac	11.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	37 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	464 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	527 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 93 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 Naguille (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 15.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 2%, moderate high mountains: 47%, high mountains: 51%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pyrenees
La haute vallée de l'Ariège - Le pays de Foix Haute Ariège

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Carcassonne Airport (at a distance of 66 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.5 km2

64.2%

Nature

19.8 km2

25.2%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

8.7%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orlu in country France

Orlu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	33 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	68 km	NorthEast
3 Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	Spain	92 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Qurigut, Laurenti, Rabassolles, Balbonne, la Bruyante, haute valle de l'Orige	FR	3 km	SouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ax-les-Thermes

Type of weather in Ax-les-Thermes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:24 Europe/Amsterdam