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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7594,Lat: 43.5848
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	7:58:44am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montpellier
Name	Pignan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saussan	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Murviel-lès-Montpellier	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Saint-Georges-d'Orques	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lavérune	3.5 km	East
5 Fabrègues	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	217 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	296 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	472 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction SouthEast).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 Étang de Vic (9.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 135.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 190 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
La plaine de Fabrègues - Les plaines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 120 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.8%

Agriculture

17.8 km2

22.7%

Viticulture

27.5 km2

35%

Urban area

11.3 km2

14.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pignan in country France

Pignan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	71 km	East
2 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	74 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	74 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Fabrgues-Poussan	FR	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Pignan
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pignan

Type of weather in Pignan	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam