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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.4195,Lat: 43.3626
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	22:21:06pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Bessan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Thibéry	3.5 km	North
2 Florensac	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Montblanc	5.4 km	NorthWest
4 Vias	5.6 km	South
5 Nézignan-l'Évêque	6.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	181 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	326 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	508 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction South).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 du Bagnas (1.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 103.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 46%, low location: 54%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
La plaine de l'Orb - Les plaines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 6.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

26.2 km2

33.4%

Viticulture

42.7 km2

54.3%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bessan in country France

Bessan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	88 km	West
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	95 km	North
3 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	104 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Est et sud de Bziers	FR	0.8 km	West

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Filming Location	IMDB Bessan
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bessan

Type of weather in Bessan	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam