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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0971,Lat: 43.6767
Elevation	395 meter above sea level
Local time	16:39:39pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Graissessac

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Camplong	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare	4.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 La Tour-sur-Orb	5.4 km	East
5 Le Bousquet-d'Orb	5.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	182 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	349 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	497 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 (reservoir) is Réservoir d'Avène (1.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 132.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 186 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 5%, 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
Massif Central
Les monts d'Orb - La montagne et ses piémonts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 44 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.5 km2

74.5%

Nature

8.3 km2

10.6%

Agriculture

6 km2

7.6%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.7%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Graissessac in country France

Graissessac 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	67 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	79 km	SouthWest
3 Episcopal City of Albi	France	82 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Crtes du Mont Marcou et des Monts de Mare	FR	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Tour-sur-Orb

Type of weather in La Tour-sur-Orb	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam