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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.0012,Lat: 48.102
Elevation	139 meter above sea level
Local time	18:00:34pm
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Finistère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quimper
Name	Briec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Edern	1.9 km	East
2 Landrévarzec	4.7 km	West
3 Landudal	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Langolen	7.6 km	SouthEast
5 Gouézec	8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	184 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	184 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	383 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 Plan du Moulin Neuf (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 405.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 568 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, 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.

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

Name
De Melgven à Briec de l'Odet, de Quimper aux Montagnes Noires -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 436 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Quimper-Cornouaille Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

71.7 km2

91.5%

Urban area

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briec in country France

Briec 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	193 km	East
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	249 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	299 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de l'Aulne	FR	8.3 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Briec

Type of weather in Briec	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam