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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.8019,Lat: 46.4628
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	8:57:10am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontenay-le-Comte
Name	Fontenay-le-Comte

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 L'Orbrie	3.1 km	NorthEast
2 Pissotte	3.8 km	North
3 Longèves	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Fontaines	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Chaix	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	321 km	North
2 Paris	France	353 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	358 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Sevre niortaise, Lay, Sallertaine, Falleron, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 353.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 495 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 182 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

59.9 km2

76.2%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

15 km2

19.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontenay-le-Comte in country France

Fontenay-le-Comte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	101 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	128 km	East
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	154 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fontenay-le-Comte

Type of weather in Fontenay-le-Comte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam