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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.6874,Lat: 43.4604
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	15:02:25pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montpellier
Name	Balaruc-le-Vieux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balaruc-les-Bains	1.6 km	South
2 Poussan	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bouzigues	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Gigean	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Frontignan	5.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	205 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	303 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	486 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Bassin de Thau (67.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 120.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 84%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Le littoral de Sète et du bassin de Thau - Le littoral et ses étangs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 124 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 26 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

21.6 km2

27.5%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Viticulture

25.1 km2

31.9%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.7%

Water - Lakes

15.6 km2

19.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balaruc-le-Vieux in country France

Balaruc-le-Vieux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	80 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	86 km	North
3 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	87 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
tang de Thau et lido de Ste Agde	FR	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balaruc-le-Vieux

Type of weather in Balaruc-le-Vieux	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam