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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.7246,Lat: 47.1693
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	2:29:15am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Loire-Atlantique
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nantes
Name	Brains

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau	2.7 km	NorthEast
2 Bouaye	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Montagne	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Saint-Léger-les-Vignes	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Le Pellerin	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	228 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	262 km	North
3 Paris	France	354 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 424.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 594 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 272 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nantes Atlantique Airport (at a distance of 8.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.5 km2

5.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

52.9 km2

67.3%

Viticulture

3.9 km2

Urban area

12.8 km2

16.3%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brains in country France

Brains 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	164 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	181 km	South
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	185 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de la Loire	FR	0.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brains

Type of weather in Brains	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam