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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9521,Lat: 45.317
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	19:30:21pm
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lesparre-Médoc
Name	Gaillan-en-Médoc

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lesparre-Médoc	2.2 km	SouthEast
2 Civrac-en-Médoc	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Queyrac	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Blaignan	5.8 km	East
5 Bégadan	6.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	371 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	441 km	North
3 Paris	France	464 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Palue, Leyre, Craste de Louley, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 227.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 319 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 55%, low location: 45%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Le Médoc de Saint-Christoly - Les paysages du Médoc et de l'Estuaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

19.1%

Nature

13.1 km2

16.7%

Agriculture

34 km2

43.3%

Viticulture

11.8 km2

15.1%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gaillan-en-Médoc in country France

Gaillan-en-Médoc at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	35 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	61 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	79 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais du Nord Mdoc	FR	1.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gaillan-en-Médoc

Type of weather in Gaillan-en-Médoc	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam