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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0986,Lat: 43.108
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	2:39:57am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Aude
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Narbonne
Name	Gruissan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Armissan	8.9 km	North
2 Bages	8.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vinassan	10.8 km	North
4 Fleury	10.8 km	NorthEast
5 Port-la-Nouvelle	11.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	145 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	357 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	546 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 du Grazel (1.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 56%, hill: 0%, 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
Le golfe de Narbonne (les étangs de Gruissan à Port-la-Nouvelle) - Le Littoral, ses étangs et îlots

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 153 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

10%

Nature

13.4 km2

23.6%

Wet nature

12.1 km2

21.3%

Agriculture

4.6 km2

Viticulture

7.1 km2

12.5%

Urban area

1.9 km2

3.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

2 km2

3.5%

Water - Lakes

8.5 km2

14.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gruissan in country France

Gruissan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	61 km	WestNorthWest
2 Episcopal City of Albi	France	120 km	NorthWest
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	127 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
tangs du Narbonnais	FR	0.6 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gruissan

Type of weather in Gruissan	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam