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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8769,Lat: 42.5181
Elevation	207 meter above sea level
Local time	16:18:44pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Céret
Name	Montesquieu-des-Albères

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villelongue-dels-Monts	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Laroque-des-Albères	4.5 km	East
4 Le Boulou	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Les Cluses	4.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	111 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	394 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	593 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 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 Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 47.9 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 5.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 60%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le massif des Albères - Les contreforts de la Montagne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 25 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.9%

Nature

13 km2

16.5%

Agriculture

11.4 km2

14.5%

Viticulture

19.2 km2

24.4%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montesquieu-des-Albères in country France

Montesquieu-des-Albères at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	88 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	106 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	136 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Tech	FR	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montesquiu d'Albera

Type of weather in Montesquiu d'Albera	broken clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 26 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam