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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3756,Lat: 46.9473
Elevation	821 meter above sea level
Local time	3:13:34am
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Doubs
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontarlier
Name	Arçon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Doubs	2.9 km	SouthWest
2 Maisons-du-Bois-Lièvremont	4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vuillecin	4.2 km	West
4 Pontarlier	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Les Alliés	5.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	81 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	240 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	296 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 335 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Saint-Point (3.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.8 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le site de Pontarlier - Le Second Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.5 km2

28.7%

Nature

4.8 km2

6.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.4%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arçon in country France

Arçon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	38 km	West
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	39 km	EastNorthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	42 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles du Drugeon et du Haut-Doubs	FR	6.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Doubs

Type of weather in Doubs	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam