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General information - Location

CountryFrance
Location in country South
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 1.5586,Lat: 44.6846 marker
Elevation332 meter above sea level
Local time18:14:00pm
Name province/regionMidi-Pyrénées
Name SubregionLot
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityGourdon
Name Montfaucon

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Labastide-Murat4.3 km South
2 Carlucet5.9 km NorthEast
3 Soulomès6.5 km SouthSouthEast
4 Saint-Chamarand7.8 km West
5 Fontanes-du-Causse8.4 km EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Andorra   Andorra241 km South
2 ParisFrance467 km NorthNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo   Monaco481 km EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 188 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Causse (0.7 km2 at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 46.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 213.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 298 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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 plateau central des Causses - Les Causses

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   20.7 km2 
 26.3% 
 Nature   10.2 km2 
 13% 
 Agriculture   45.7 km2 
 58.1% 
 Urban area   0.5 km2 
 0.6% 
 Infrastructure   1.5 km2 
 2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Montfaucon in country France


Montfaucon at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère ValleyFrance52 km NorthNorthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in FranceFrance86 km NorthWest
3 Episcopal City of AlbiFrance96 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Zone centrale du causse de GramatFR3.2 km East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Arrondissement de Gourdon

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Gourdonovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1009 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:03 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Arrondissement de Gourdon - FR (longitude: 1.5586, latitude: 44.6846)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): not known
20:00
14 degrees
1010 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
23:00
12 degrees
1010 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
2:00
11 degrees
1011 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
5:00
9 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
12 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
15 degrees
1014 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
12 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon










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