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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.8695,Lat: 42.9679
Elevation	487 meter above sea level
Local time	20:38:20pm
Name province/region	Midi-Pyrénées
Name Subregion	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pamiers
Name	Laroque-d'Olmes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tabre	2.1 km	North
2 Dreuilhe	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Aigues-Vives	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 La Bastide-sur-l'Hers	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Léran	4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	58 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	458 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	539 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 96 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne main - Upper - Ariege, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Barrage de Montbel (5.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 40.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 53%, low mountains: 47%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le pays d'Olmes - Le pays des Pyrénées cathares
La montagne du Plantaurel - Le Pays des Portes d ?Ariège Pyrénées

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Carcassonne Airport (at a distance of 45 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.3 km2

36%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.1%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.5%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laroque-d'Olmes in country France

Laroque-d'Olmes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	48 km	EastNorthEast
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	57 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Canal du Midi	France	81 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garonne, Arige, Hers, Salat, Pique et Neste	FR	3.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lavelanet

Type of weather in Lavelanet	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam