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General information - Location

CountryFrance
Location in country East
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 7.1631,Lat: 48.4875 marker
Elevation487 meter above sea level
Local time13:42:52pm
Name province/regionAlsace
Name SubregionBas-Rhin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityMolsheim
Name Grandfontaine

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 La Broque4.2 km SouthEast
2 Schirmeck4.4 km East
3 Rothau4.8 km SouthEast
4 Barembach5.1 km EastSouthEast
5 Raon-lès-Leau5.4 km NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Luxembourg   Luxembourg146 km NorthNorthWest
2 Bern   Switzerland172 km South
3 Vaduz   Liechtenstein232 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 381 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Pierre-Percée (3.1 km2 at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Donon with a height of 1008 meter (at a distance of 2.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 43.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 70%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   64.1 km2 
 81.6% 
 Nature   7.5 km2 
 9.6% 
 Agriculture   2.6 km2 
 3.3% 
 Urban area   4.4 km2 
 5.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Grandfontaine in country France


Grandfontaine at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and NeustadtFrance45 km EastNorthEast
2 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in NancyFrance76 km WestNorthWest
3 Völklingen IronworksGermany87 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Crtes du Donon-Schneeberg, Bas-RhinFR2.7 km WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Schirmeck

Type of weather in Schirmeckfew clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 1012 mb
Humidity: 47 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:43 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Schirmeck - FR (longitude: 7.1631, latitude: 48.4875)
Distance weather station to place (direction WNW): 0 Kilometers

14:00
20 degrees
1012 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
17:00
16 degrees
1011 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
20:00
13 degrees
1010 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
10 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
8 degrees
1011 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
5:00
11 degrees
1008 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
17 degrees
1005 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
19 degrees
1002 mbar
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