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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.673,Lat: 43.4882
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	12:51:33pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Hérault
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montpellier
Name	Poussan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gigean	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Balaruc-le-Vieux	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Montbazin	3.4 km	NorthEast
4 Bouzigues	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Balaruc-les-Bains	4.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	206 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	304 km	East
3 Bern	Switzerland	484 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Bassin de Thau (67.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 123.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 173 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 93%, hill: 2%, 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 nature.

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 126 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (at a distance of 25 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Nature

34.4 km2

43.7%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Viticulture

28.8 km2

36.6%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.6%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poussan in country France

Poussan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	80 km	East
2 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	France	83 km	North
3 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	86 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Fabrgues-Poussan	FR	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Poussan

Type of weather in Poussan	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam