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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.9596,Lat: 42.246
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	17:09:32pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilafant

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Forques	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Arengades-enginyers	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Santa Llogaia D'àlguema	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Vilafant	1.8 km	West
5 Figueres	2.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	122 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	399 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	590 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 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 14.8 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 36.5 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 22.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, 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 128 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 42 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.5%

Agriculture

59.6 km2

75.9%

Urban area

10.9 km2

13.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Les Forques in country Spain

Les Forques at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	114 km	SouthWest
2 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	115 km	SouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	116 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garriga d'Empordà	ES	3.3 km	NorthWest

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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:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam