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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7924,Lat: 43.505
Elevation	336 meter above sea level
Local time	5:46:57am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Riols

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Pons-de-Thomières	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Courniou	7.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Olargues	11.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Labastide-Rouairoux	12.9 km	West
5 La Salvetat-sur-Agout	13 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	151 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	375 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	528 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 49 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 Lac de la Raviège (4.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 114.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 160 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Massif Central
Les vallées de la Salesse et du Jaur - La montagne et ses piémonts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Castres-Mazamet Airport (at a distance of 41 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

62.8 km2

79.9%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.2%

Agriculture

7 km2

8.9%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riols in country France

Riols at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	48 km	SouthWest
2 Episcopal City of Albi	France	71 km	NorthWest
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	96 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grotte de la source du Jaur	FR	3.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Type of weather in Saint-Pons-de-Thomières	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam