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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.5964,Lat: 45.917
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	3:56:15am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Name	Bignay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mazeray	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Voissay	3.9 km	North
3 Les Nouillers	5 km	WestNorthWest
4 La Vergne	5.5 km	NorthEast
5 Asnières-la-Giraud	6.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	383 km	North
2 Paris	France	393 km	NorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	416 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 36 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Seudre, Charente, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 88.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 299.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 419 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La plaine du Nord de la Saintonge - Plaines de champs ouverts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 121 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17 km2

21.6%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

58.9 km2

74.9%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

1.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bignay in country France

Bignay at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	58 km	WestSouthWest
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	119 km	South
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	120 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carrires de Saint-Savinien	FR	3.9 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Type of weather in Saint-Jean-d'Angély	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam