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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0849,Lat: 45.9886
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	14:07:16pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Fouras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Port-des-Barques	4.9 km	South
2 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée	5.9 km	East
3 Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente	6.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Yves	7.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Île-d'Aix	7.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	366 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	401 km	North
3 Paris	France	408 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fouras lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Seudre, Charente, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. 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 63.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 297.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 417 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 83%, low location: 17%, The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
La presqu'île de Fouras - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 132 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

42.4 km2

56.5%

Agriculture

23 km2

30.7%

Urban area

4.7 km2

6.3%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fouras in country France

Fouras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	45 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	134 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	142 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anse de Fouras, baie d'Yves, marais de Rochefort	FR	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

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Current weather at Fouras

Type of weather in Fouras	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam