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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5538,Lat: 44.0023
Elevation	703 meter above sea level
Local time	5:08:23am
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Alpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nice
Name	Fontan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saorge	1.6 km	South
2 Breil-sur-Roya	7.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Brigue	8.3 km	NorthEast
4 Tende	9.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Buggio	11.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	32 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	327 km	North
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	381 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.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 (reservoir) is Lago di Osiglia (0.6 km² at a height of around 678 meter above sea level) at a distance of 60.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pietravecchia with a height of 2040 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 6%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 57%, high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS.2.I Alpes maritimes p.d.
SPG.2.I.A. Massif Gelas-Grand Capelet
STS.2.I Alpes maritimes p.d.
SPG.2.I.A. Massif Gelas-Grand Capelet
La haute Roya - La Vallée de la Roya

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.6 km2

60.6%

Nature

30.2 km2

38.5%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontan in country France

Fontan 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	40 km	SouthWest
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	75 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	119 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marguareis - La Brigue - Fontan - Saorge	FR	1 km	SouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Breil-sur-Roya

Type of weather in Breil-sur-Roya	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam