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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.2843,Lat: 44.9889
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	1:02:13am
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Libourne
Name	Galgon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villegouge	2.7 km	SouthWest
2 Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac	3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Savignac-de-l'Isle	3.9 km	East
4 Vérac	4.4 km	West
5 Saint-Martin-du-Bois	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	312 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Paris	France	472 km	NorthNorthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	489 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dordogne main - Lower - Isle, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Le Lac (1.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 210.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 294 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
L'arrière-pays du Blayais au Fronsadais - Les paysages du Nord du département

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.2 km2

7.9%

Agriculture

33.1 km2

42.1%

Viticulture

36.2 km2

46.1%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galgon in country France

Galgon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	15 km	SouthEast
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	28 km	WestSouthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	82 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de la Saye et du Meudon	FR	0.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Galgon

Type of weather in Galgon	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam