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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.4091,Lat: 46.2362
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	22:02:01pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Deux-Sèvres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Niort
Name	Fors

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Juscorps	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Marigny	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue	4.7 km	East
4 Prahecq	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-Romans-des-Champs	6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	354 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Paris	France	355 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	392 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction West).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 81.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 337.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 473 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La bande bocagère de la plaine de Niort - Bocages

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 158 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

75.7 km2

96.3%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fors in country France

Fors at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	93 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	104 km	EastNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	147 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Niort Sud-Est	FR	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fors

Type of weather in Fors	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam