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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.159,Lat: 44.3948
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	3:46:59am
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Landes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mont-de-Marsan
Name	Biscarrosse

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gastes	8.2 km	South
2 Parentis-en-Born	8.3 km	SouthEast
3 Sanguinet	10.7 km	NorthEast
4 Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born	13.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Pontenx-les-Forges	17.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	303 km	SouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	484 km	SouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	540 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Palue, Leyre, Craste de Louley, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis (31.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dune de Pilat with a height of 103 meter (at a distance of 22.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 125.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 175 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.3 km2

51.3%

Nature

6.3 km2

Wet nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

1.8 km2

2.3%

Urban area

10.9 km2

13.9%

Water - Lakes

13 km2

16.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biscarrosse in country France

Biscarrosse at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	68 km	NorthEast
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	97 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	132 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zones humides de l'arrire dune des pays de Born et de Buch	FR	1.2 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Biscarrosse

Type of weather in Biscarrosse	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam