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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6547,Lat: 49.1566
Elevation	245 meter above sea level
Local time	7:23:42am
Name province/region (Région)	Lorraine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Moselle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Name	Porcelette

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ham-sous-Varsberg	2.4 km	North
2 Varsberg	2.5 km	NorthWest
3 Diesen	3 km	NorthEast
4 Boucheporn	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Bisten-en-Lorraine	4.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	63 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	250 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	253 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 298 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Bischwald (1.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 5.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le bassin houiller du Warndt et sa proche couronne - Les régions paysagères des pôles de développement

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.1 km2

42.1%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.4%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

26.3%

Urban area

14.7 km2

18.7%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porcelette in country France

Porcelette at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	17 km	EastNorthEast
2 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	62 km	SouthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	63 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mines du Warndt	FR	2.8 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Porcelette

Type of weather in Porcelette	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam