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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3532,Lat: 46.9064
Elevation	835 meter above sea level
Local time	20:43:40pm
Name province/region (Région)	Franche-Comté
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontarlier
Name	Pontarlier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Doubs	2.3 km	North
2 Granges-Narboz	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Houtaud	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Dommartin	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 La Cluse-et-Mijoux	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	242 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	301 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 332 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 Lac de Saint-Point (3.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.1 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 99%, 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 site de Pontarlier - Le Second Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23 km2

29.3%

Nature

4.4 km2

5.6%

Wet nature

5.4 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

32.1 km2

40.8%

Urban area

10.3 km2

13.2%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontarlier in country France

Pontarlier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	37 km	West
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	43 km	EastNorthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	44 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles du Drugeon et du Haut-Doubs	FR	2.1 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pontarlier

Type of weather in Pontarlier	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam