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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.3784,Lat: 43.5408
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	3:48:29am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Fontès

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caux	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Neffiès	3.8 km	West
3 Péret	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Cabrières	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Adissan	4.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	189 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	327 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	494 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction SouthEast).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 Lac du Salagou (7.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 121.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 170 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 87%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Les collines viticoles du Biterrois et du Piscénois - Les collines du Biterrois et de l'Hérault

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.7 km2

8.5%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.9%

Agriculture

3 km2

3.8%

Viticulture

45.6 km2

58%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontès in country France

Fontès at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	76 km	North
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	90 km	WestSouthWest
3 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	102 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Salagou	FR	0.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caux

Type of weather in Caux	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam