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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7078,Lat: 43.9352
Elevation	159 meter above sea level
Local time	4:36:23am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lodève
Name	Ganges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cazilhac	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Laroque	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Saint-Laurent-le-Minier	4 km	West
4 Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Sumène	5.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	237 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	300 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	444 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 39.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mont Aigoual with a height of 1565 meter (at a distance of 23 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 170.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 239 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 32%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Massif Central
La plaine de Ganges - Les garrigues

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 134 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.2 km2

37.2%

Nature

31.9 km2

40.7%

Agriculture

10 km2

12.7%

Viticulture

3.1 km2

3.9%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ganges in country France

Ganges 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	37 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	67 km	East
3 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche	France	76 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de Rieutord, Fage et Cagnasse	FR	0.6 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ganges

Type of weather in Ganges	moderate rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam