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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.8088,Lat: 46.7823
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	3:01:56am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Vienne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Châtellerault
Name	La Roche-Posay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Yzeures-sur-Creuse	4 km	East
2 Pleumartin	5.9 km	SouthWest
3 Coussay-les-Bois	6 km	NorthWest
4 Chambon	6.6 km	North
5 Vicq-sur-Gartempe	7.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	256 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	347 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	388 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 157 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vienne, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Gabriau (0.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 401.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 562 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les terres de brandes - Plaines vallonnées et/ou boisées

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 246 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poitiers-Biard Airport (at a distance of 44 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.1 km2

24.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

55.1 km2

70.1%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Roche-Posay in country France

La Roche-Posay at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	25 km	South
2 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	69 km	North
3 Bourges Cathedral	France	125 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de la Creuse et affluents	FR	8.7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Roche-Posay

Type of weather in La Roche-Posay	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam