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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.974,Lat: 47.3422
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:07am
Name province/region	Centre-Val de Loire
Name Subregion	Indre-et-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tours
Name	La Croix-en-Touraine

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dierre	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Bléré	2.9 km	SouthEast
3 Athée-sur-Cher	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Civray-de-Touraine	4.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-Martin-le-Beau	5.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	195 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	309 km	NorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 197 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cher, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Retenue de Pincemaille (2.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 57.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 374.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 524 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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
La vallée du Cher -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 186 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.1 km2

29.3%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

40.1 km2

51%

Viticulture

6.8 km2

8.7%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Croix-en-Touraine in country France

La Croix-en-Touraine at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	87 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bourges Cathedral	France	112 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Champeigne	FR	5.7 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Croix-en-Touraine

Type of weather in La Croix-en-Touraine	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam