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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1437,Lat: 45.8454
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	6:02:30am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marennes	3.7 km	SouthEast
2 Saint-Trojan-les-Bains	5.1 km	West
3 Hiers-Brouage	6.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Le Château-d'Oléron	6.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Le Grand-Village-Plage	7.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	381 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	415 km	North
3 Paris	France	423 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction West).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 70.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 281.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 394 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
La presqu'île d'Arvert - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

42.8 km2

61.3%

Agriculture

19.1 km2

27.4%

Urban area

5.8 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in country France

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	29 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	121 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	131 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de Brouage-Olron	FR	0.6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Type of weather in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 27 July 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam