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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3977,Lat: 46.3472
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	12:47:11pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	La Tranche-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Angles	6.7 km	North
2 La Faute-sur-Mer	6.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer	8.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 La Jonchère	8.7 km	North
5 Grues	9.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	322 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	356 km	North
3 Paris	France	394 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Tranche-sur-Mer lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction South).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 19 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 334.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 468 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, 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 177 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.6%

Nature

1 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

7.1 km2

13.6%

Agriculture

35.5 km2

68%

Urban area

5.3 km2

10.2%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Tranche-sur-Mer in country France

La Tranche-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	86 km	South
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	175 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	180 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	0.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Tranche-sur-Mer

Type of weather in La Tranche-sur-Mer	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam