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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6048,Lat: 43.6971
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	16:07:35pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Gard
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nîmes
Name	Fourques

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arles	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Fontvieille	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bellegarde	9.8 km	NorthWest
4 Beaucaire	12.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Tarascon	13.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	227 km	East
2 Andorra	Andorra	283 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	423 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 Étang de la Gravière (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 181.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La Camargue cultivée - La Camargue

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport (at a distance of 17 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.2%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

56.3 km2

71.7%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.5%

Urban area

12.8 km2

16.3%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

6.3 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fourques in country France

Fourques at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	3 km	SouthEast
2 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	28 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	33 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Petit Rhne	FR	0.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fourques

Type of weather in Fourques	light rain
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam