Hotels at Montségur booking.com

Montségur

Booking.com

Montségur

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.8332,Lat: 42.8708
Elevation	972 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:01am
Name province/region	Midi-Pyrénées
Name Subregion	Ariège
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Foix
Name	Montségur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montferrier	4.2 km	NorthWest
2 Villeneuve-d'Olmes	4.3 km	North
3 Fougax-et-Barrineuf	5.1 km	East
4 Péreille	5.6 km	North
5 Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives	6.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	47 km	SouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	464 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	531 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 99 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 Barrage de Montbel (5.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Andorran border with a straight distance of 29.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 46%, high mountains: 21%, 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
Pyrenees
Le pays d'Olmes - Le pays des Pyrénées cathares

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Carcassonne Airport (at a distance of 54 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

60.4 km2

76.9%

Nature

9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

7.1 km2

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montségur in country France

Montségur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	46 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	57 km	NorthEast
3 Canal du Midi	France	89 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gorges de la Frau et Blesta	FR	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Montségur
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Montségur
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lavelanet

Type of weather in Lavelanet	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam