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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6957,Lat: 42.1997
Elevation	172 meter above sea level
Local time	9:55:44am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cataluña
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Besalú

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ossinyà	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Beuda	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Argelaguer	4.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Maià De Montcal	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Serinyà	5.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	103 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	421 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	568 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lago de Bañolas (Estany de Banyoles) (1 km² at a distance of 8.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 14.1 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 15.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 33%, hill: 66%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

53.6 km2

68.2%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

21.4 km2

27.2%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Besalú in country Spain

Besalú at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	97 km	WestNorthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	98 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	100 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riu Fluvià	ES	0.4 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Besalú

Type of weather in Besalú	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam