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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7087,Lat: 43.4982
Elevation	66 meter above sea level
Local time	7:35:21am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montpellier
Name	Gigean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montbazin	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Poussan	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Balaruc-le-Vieux	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Cournonsec	5.5 km	North
5 Balaruc-les-Bains	5.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	209 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	301 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	482 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 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 Bassin de Thau (67.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 125.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 176 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 93%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
La plaine de Fabrègues - Les plaines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 22 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Nature

31.2 km2

39.7%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Viticulture

35.5 km2

45.2%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gigean in country France

Gigean at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	77 km	East
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	82 km	North
3 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	83 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Fabrgues-Poussan	FR	0.6 km	NorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gigean

Type of weather in Gigean	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam