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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.4044,Lat: 47.0491
Elevation	104 meter above sea level
Local time	2:28:35am
Name province/region	Centre-Val de Loire
Name Subregion	Indre-et-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chinon
Name	La Tour-Saint-Gelin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Courcoué	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Chezelles	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Verneuil-le-Château	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Luzé	4.6 km	SouthEast
5 Braslou	5.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	246 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	305 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	346 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 143 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 Retenue de Pincemaille (2.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 426.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 597 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le Richelais -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 237 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.1 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

67.7 km2

86.2%

Viticulture

1.8 km2

2.3%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Tour-Saint-Gelin in country France

La Tour-Saint-Gelin 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	45 km	NorthEast
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	64 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bourges Cathedral	France	151 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Basses valles de la Vienne et de l'Indre	FR	12 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Richelieu

Type of weather in Richelieu	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam