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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.9208,Lat: 42.5425
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	4:09:38am
Name province/region (Région)	Languedoc-Roussillon
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Céret
Name	Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Laroque-des-Albères	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Villelongue-dels-Monts	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Brouilla	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Sorède	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-André	4.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	115 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	389 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	598 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction East).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 Retenue de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 85%, hill: 12%, low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
La plaine d'Illibéris - La plaine du Roussillon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.1 km2

12.9%

Nature

7.7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

19.2 km2

24.4%

Viticulture

31.3 km2

39.8%

Urban area

9.4 km2

12%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines in country France

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	87 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	109 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	140 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Tech	FR	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

Type of weather in Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:20 Europe/Amsterdam