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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7898,Lat: 42.1426
Elevation	201 meter above sea level
Local time	11:24:10am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontcoberta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Melianta	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Banyoles	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Esponellà	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mata	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Les Pedreres	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	112 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	417 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	573 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lago de Bañolas (Estany de Banyoles) (1 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 21.8 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 24.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 65%, hill: 35%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.5 km2

28.6%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.5%

Urban area

6 km2

7.7%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontcoberta in country Spain

Fontcoberta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	96 km	SouthWest
2 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	98 km	SouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	106 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estany de Banyoles	ES	1.9 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fontcoberta

Type of weather in Fontcoberta	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam