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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.9608,Lat: 42.2649
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	21:10:39pm
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cataluña
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arengades-enginyers	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Les Forques	2.1 km	South
3 Vilabertran	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Vilafant	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Les Forques	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	122 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	398 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	591 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Boadella (Pantà de Boadella) (5.1 km² at a distance of 13.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 37.1 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 20.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 99%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

9.4 km2

12%

Agriculture

56.5 km2

71.9%

Urban area

11 km2

13.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Figueres in country Spain

Figueres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	115 km	SouthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	116 km	WestNorthWest
3 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	116 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garriga d'Empordà	ES	2.7 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Figueres

Type of weather in Figueres	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam