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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4438,Lat: 47.8031
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:15am
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Gestel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quéven	2.5 km	SouthEast
2 Guidel	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Pont-Scorff	4.5 km	NorthEast
4 Rédené	5.7 km	North
5 Ploemeur	7.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	183 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	195 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	413 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 431.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 603 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 393 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 4.7 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.9 km2

16.4%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

52.2 km2

66.4%

Urban area

10 km2

12.7%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gestel in country France

Gestel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	170 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	297 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	302 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rivire Scorff, Fort de Pont Calleck, Rivire Sarre	FR	3 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gestel

Type of weather in Gestel	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam