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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0115,Lat: 46.5547
Elevation	929 meter above sea level
Local time	15:21:45pm
Name province/region	Franche-Comté
Name Subregion	Jura
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Claude
Name	Morbier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Morez	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bellefontaine	4.1 km	East
3 Lac-des-Rouges-Truites	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux	4.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 La Mouille	6.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	118 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	276 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	332 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 315 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Labbaye (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Col de la Givrine with a height of 1228 meter (at a distance of 12.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.2 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 5%, moderate high mountains: 95%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le mont de la Joux Devant - Jura Plissé des Grands Monts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.4 km2

74.3%

Agriculture

15.4 km2

19.6%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morbier in country France

Morbier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	44 km	North
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	57 km	East
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	64 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles et ctes de la Bienne, du Tacon et du Flumen	FR	2.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morbier

Type of weather in Morbier	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam