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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1721,Lat: 43.3802
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	16:06:04pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béziers
Name	Lignan-sur-Orb

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maraussan	1.9 km	SouthWest
2 Corneilhan	2.6 km	NorthEast
3 Thézan-lès-Béziers	4.5 km	North
4 Maureilhan	5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cazouls-lès-Béziers	5.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	165 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	346 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	518 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 18 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 Étang de Pissevaches (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 100.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Béziers et la vallée de l'Orb - Les plaines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Béziers-Vias Airport (at a distance of 16 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

14 km2

17.8%

Viticulture

48.3 km2

61.5%

Urban area

11.8 km2

15%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lignan-sur-Orb in country France

Lignan-sur-Orb at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	69 km	West
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	96 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Episcopal City of Albi	France	103 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Collines d'Ensrune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais)	FR	8.9 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lignan-sur-Orb

Type of weather in Lignan-sur-Orb	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam