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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.4892,Lat: 47.2738
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	11:40:16am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Loire-Atlantique
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nantes
Name	Carquefou

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	2 km	South
2 Thouaré-sur-Loire	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nantes	5 km	SouthWest
4 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	5.3 km	NorthWest
5 Basse-Goulaine	7.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	220 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	255 km	North
3 Paris	France	333 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction West).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 21.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 436.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 611 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 279 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nantes Atlantique Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

43.2%

Urban area

33.9 km2

43.1%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carquefou in country France

Carquefou 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	152 km	North
2 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	166 km	East
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	189 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de la Loire de Nantes aux Ponts-de-C et ses annexes	FR	3.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire

Type of weather in Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam