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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.8403,Lat: 42.6571
Elevation	1449 meter above sea level
Local time	2:52:37am
Name province/region	Midi-Pyrénées
Name Subregion	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Foix
Name	Mérens-les-Vals

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Orlu	6.3 km	NorthEast
2 Ax-les-Thermes	6.8 km	North
3 L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre	8.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Savignac-les-Ormeaux	8.2 km	North
5 Porté-Puymorens	12 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	31 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	469 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	521 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 97 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 Étang de Naguille (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puigpedrós with a height of 2914 meter (at a distance of 20.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 9.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Spanish Andorran Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 19.3 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 23%, high mountains: 77%, 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
Pyrenees
La haute vallée de l'Ariège - Le pays de Foix Haute Ariège

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.2 km2

48.6%

Nature

34.8 km2

44.3%

Agriculture

1.5 km2

1.9%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

3.7 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mérens-les-Vals in country France

Mérens-les-Vals at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	27 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	74 km	NorthEast
3 Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	Spain	87 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Qurigut, Laurenti, Rabassolles, Balbonne, la Bruyante, haute valle de l'Orige	FR	6.3 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ax-les-Thermes

Type of weather in Ax-les-Thermes	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam