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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8709,Lat: 42.6392
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	1:07:25am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Perpignan
Name	Pollestres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Canohès	3.4 km	NorthWest
2 Villeneuve-de-la-Raho	3.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bages	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Toulouges	4.7 km	NorthWest
5 Ponteilla	4.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	112 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	389 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	598 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction East).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 Retenue de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 18.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
L'agglomération de Perpignan - La plaine du Roussillon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

11.5 km2

14.6%

Viticulture

50.9 km2

64.8%

Urban area

13 km2

16.5%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pollestres in country France

Pollestres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	76 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	106 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	148 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Le Tech	FR	8 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pollestres

Type of weather in Pollestres	moderate rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam