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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.0995,Lat: 42.6147
Elevation	1519 meter above sea level
Local time	2:59:56am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Prades
Name	Formiguères

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Matemale	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Les Angles	4.1 km	SouthWest
3 Quérigut	9.3 km	North
4 La Llagonne	9.8 km	South
5 Bolquère	11.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	49 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	450 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	538 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 77 km (direction East).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 Retenue de Puyvalador (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pic de la Dona with a height of 2704 meter (at a distance of 23.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 16.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 0%, high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pyrenees
Le Capcir - La montagne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 128 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 65 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.1 km2

57.4%

Nature

9.4 km2

12%

Agriculture

19.4 km2

24.7%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Formiguères in country France

Formiguères at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	43 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	69 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	Spain	107 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Capcir, Carlit et Campcardos	FR	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Prades

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Prades	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam