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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.4837,Lat: 42.6395
Elevation	283 meter above sea level
Local time	5:04:55am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Prades
Name	Marquixanes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vinça	3.6 km	East
2 Joch	4.1 km	SouthEast
3 Rigarda	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Catllar	5 km	West
5 Prades	5.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	80 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	419 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	568 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction East).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 Retenue de Caramany (1.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pic du Canigou with a height of 2784 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 69%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
La vallée-verger du Conflent - Les contreforts de la Montagne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 143 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 34 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18 km2

23%

Nature

29.2 km2

37.2%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

32%

Viticulture

2.6 km2

3.3%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Marquixanes in country France

Marquixanes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	64 km	North
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	75 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	138 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fenouilldes	FR	5.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vinça

Type of weather in Vinça	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam