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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.4298,Lat: 46.6741
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	19:00:16pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Roche-sur-Yon
Name	La Roche-sur-Yon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mouilleron-le-Captif	5.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Venansault	6.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Dompierre-sur-Yon	7.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Les Clouzeaux	7.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Aubigny	8.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	286 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	320 km	North
3 Paris	France	370 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Sevre niortaise, Lay, Sallertaine, Falleron, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 370.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 518 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 213 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

54.7 km2

69.7%

Urban area

21 km2

26.8%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Roche-sur-Yon in country France

La Roche-sur-Yon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	123 km	South
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	176 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	181 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais Poitevin	FR	18 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Roche-sur-Yon

Type of weather in La Roche-sur-Yon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam