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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0686,Lat: 46.6575
Elevation	903 meter above sea level
Local time	13:06:00pm
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lons-le-Saunier
Name	Foncine-le-Haut

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Foncine-le-Bas	3.6 km	SouthWest
2 Châtelblanc	4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Les Chalesmes	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Les Planches-en-Montagne	4.5 km	West
5 Chaux-Neuve	5.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	110 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	269 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	328 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 322 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac d'Ilay (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.9 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Col du Marchairuz with a height of 1447 meter (at a distance of 18.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Les Grands Vaux de Saint-Laurent et Foncine - Jura Plissé des Grands Vaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.8 km2

63.3%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

24.9 km2

31.6%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foncine-le-Haut in country France

Foncine-le-Haut at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	55 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	62 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Entrectes du Milieu - Malvaux	FR	0.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Chenit

Type of weather in Le Chenit	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam