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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.2306,Lat: 42.8019
Elevation	562 meter above sea level
Local time	8:49:34am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Aude
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limoux
Name	Axat

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Belvianes-et-Cavirac	6.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Puilaurens	6.4 km	East
3 Quillan	8.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Ginoles	9.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Montfort-sur-Boulzane	9.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	66 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	434 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	557 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 66 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Retenue de Puyvalador (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 10%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 44%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Les gorges du Rebenty et de l'Aude - Les Pyrénées audoises

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 116 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Carcassonne Airport (at a distance of 46 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

64.9 km2

82.7%

Nature

11.4 km2

14.5%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Axat in country France

Axat at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	46 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	62 km	WestSouthWest
3 Canal du Midi	France	112 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute Valle de l'Aude et Bassin de l'Aiguette	FR	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quillan

Type of weather in Quillan	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam