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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.5335,Lat: 42.6248
Elevation	389 meter above sea level
Local time	21:01:35pm
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Prades
Name	Rigarda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Joch	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Vinça	2.2 km	North
3 Rodès	3.9 km	NorthEast
4 Marquixanes	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Bouleternère	5.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	84 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	416 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	571 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 41 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 Caramany (1.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pic du Canigou with a height of 2784 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 26.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 63%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
La vallée-verger du Conflent - Les contreforts de la Montagne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 30 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.8 km2

37.9%

Nature

27.1 km2

34.5%

Agriculture

17.9 km2

22.8%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rigarda in country France

Rigarda at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	67 km	North
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	78 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	138 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sites chiroptres des Pyrnes orientales	FR	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vinça

Type of weather in Vinça	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam