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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4963,Lat: 43.8008
Elevation	368 meter above sea level
Local time	3:21:10am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Alpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nice
Name	Castellar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Menton	2.7 km	SouthEast
2 Grimaldi	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gorbio	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sealza	4.6 km	East
5 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	9.9 km	SouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	349 km	North
3 San Marino	San-marino	399 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Saint-Cassien (3.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 58.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Grammondo with a height of 1377 meter (at a distance of 4.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 1.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 24%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
STS. 2.II Préalpes de Nice
SPG.2.II.A Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus
Sous les corniches - Le littoral mentonnais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 28 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (at a distance of 52 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.7 km2

33.2%

Nature

27.9 km2

40.7%

Agriculture

5.1 km2

7.4%

Urban area

12.6 km2

18.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castellar in country France

Castellar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera	France	21 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	97 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	Italy	134 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle du Carei - collines de Castillon	FR	0.6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Menton

Type of weather in Menton	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:29 Europe/Amsterdam