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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.9835,Lat: 42.7274
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	11:16:59am
Name province/region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Orientales
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Perpignan
Name	Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torreilles	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Canet-en-Roussillon	3.6 km	SouthEast
3 Sainte-Marie	3.8 km	East
4 Bompas	4 km	West
5 Claira	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	122 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	377 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	585 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 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 Canet (6.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 63%, low location: 37%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
La Salanque - La plaine du Roussillon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (at a distance of 166 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 9.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

48.1 km2

62.2%

Viticulture

11.2 km2

14.5%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.7%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villelongue-de-la-Salanque in country France

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	74 km	NorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	117 km	West
3 Episcopal City of Albi	France	150 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Complexe lagunaire de Canet	FR	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

Type of weather in Villelongue-de-la-Salanque	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam