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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.7675,Lat: 43.4855
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	23:09:43pm
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pau
Name	Orthez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Biron	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Laà-Mondrans	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castétis	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Sarpourenx	5.5 km	SouthEast
5 Sallespisse	6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	217 km	SouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	SouthWest
3 Paris	France	641 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 58 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Adour, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Barrage de l'Ayguelongue (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 56.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les couloir d'Orthez - La vallée du Gave de Pau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pau Pyrénées Airport (at a distance of 31 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Agriculture

55.2 km2

70.3%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orthez in country France

Orthez at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu	France,Spain	109 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	151 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	164 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gave de Pau	FR	0.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orthez

Type of weather in Orthez	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam