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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.08,Lat: 47.404
Elevation	472 meter above sea level
Local time	23:08:10pm
Name province/region	Jura
Name Subregion	Porrentruy
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontenais

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villars	1.8 km	South
2 Porrentruy	1.9 km	North
3 Courtedoux	3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Courgenay	3.5 km	East
5 Alle	4.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	58 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	187 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	255 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 355 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 20.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 42%, low mountains: 50%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Tal- und Beckenlandschaft des Tafeljuras -- Paysage de vallées et bassins du Jura tabulaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.7 km2

41.6%

Agriculture

37.9 km2

48.3%

Urban area

7.9 km2

10.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontenais in country Switzerland

Fontenais at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	38 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	58 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	82 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fontenais

Type of weather in Fontenais	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam