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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8735,Lat: 42.4184
Elevation	156 meter above sea level
Local time	23:44:40pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Jonquera, La

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Agullana	3.6 km	SouthWest
2 Cantallops	4.3 km	East
3 Le Perthus	5.6 km	North
4 Capmany	6.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 La Vajol	6.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	112 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	398 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	589 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction NorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely France.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Boadella (Pantà de Boadella) (5.1 km² at a distance of 7.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 39.4 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 4.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.9 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 36 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.8 km2

18.9%

Nature

44.4 km2

56.5%

Agriculture

15.1 km2

19.2%

Viticulture

1.9 km2

2.5%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Jonquera in country Spain

La Jonquera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	98 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	106 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	126 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
L'Albera	ES	2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at la Jonquera

Type of weather in la Jonquera	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam