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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9853,Lat: 47.6686
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:51pm
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Auray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pluneret	2 km	East
2 Brech	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	4.1 km	NorthEast
4 Bono	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Plougoumelen	5.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	182 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	201 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Paris	France	414 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Auray lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étang du Crannic (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 443.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 620 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 362 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.9 km2

7.5%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

51.3 km2

65.6%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.4%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Auray in country France

Auray at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	153 km	NorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	271 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	279 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Golfe du Morbihan, cte ouest de Rhuys	FR	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Auray

Type of weather in Auray	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam