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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.882,Lat: 37.2282
Elevation	226 meter above sea level
Local time	5:34:48am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Siracusa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Francofonte

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedagaggi	6.4 km	SouthEast
2 Contrada Cannellazza	7.5 km	NorthEast
3 Scordia	8.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Militello in Val di Catania	9.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Buccheri	11.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	150 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	554 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	556 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lentini (7.2 km² at a height of around 42 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Lauro with a height of 986 meter (at a distance of 13.9 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 527.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 739 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 41%, hill: 59%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

12.4%

Nature

9.5 km2

12.1%

Agriculture

56.6 km2

72.1%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Francofonte in country Italy

Francofonte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)	Italy	40 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	41 km	EastSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	51 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bosco Pisano	IT	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Francofonte

Type of weather in Francofonte	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam