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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0804,Lat: 43.3085
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	3:09:56am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Poilhes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Capestang	3.6 km	NorthWest
2 Nissan-lez-Enserune	4.6 km	SouthEast
3 Colombiers	5 km	East
4 Montady	5.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Maureilhan	6.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	155 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	354 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	529 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Tet, Aude, Herault, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Pissevaches (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 92.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 31%, low location: 69%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Les collines viticoles du Biterrois et du Piscénois - Les collines du Biterrois et de l'Hérault

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

2 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

7.2 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

13.1 km2

16.7%

Viticulture

52.1 km2

66.4%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poilhes in country France

Poilhes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	60 km	West
2 Episcopal City of Albi	France	103 km	NorthWest
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	106 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
tang de Capestang	FR	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Capestang

Type of weather in Capestang	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam