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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0223,Lat: 42.5481
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	13:27:22pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Céret
Name	Argelès-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-André	4.3 km	West
2 Collioure	5.5 km	SouthEast
3 Palau-del-Vidre	5.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Sorède	5.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Latour-Bas-Elne	6.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	123 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	381 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	600 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 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 Étang de Canet (6.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 8.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 55%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 159 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

18.2%

Nature

6.4 km2

9.7%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

34.9%

Viticulture

11.6 km2

17.7%

Urban area

6.5 km2

9.9%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Argelès-sur-Mer in country France

Argelès-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	92 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	118 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	145 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Embouchure du Tech et Grau de la Massane	FR	1.1 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Argeles

Type of weather in Argeles	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam