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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.1792,Lat: 48.2947
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	14:40:12pm
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Finistère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Châteaulin
Name	Le Faou

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rosnoën	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Hanvec	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Trégarvan	5.8 km	SouthWest
4 Hôpital-Camfrout	6.3 km	NorthWest
5 Landévennec	6.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	176 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	181 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	364 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Le Faou lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Aulne, Erlon, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Réservoir de Saint-Michel (4.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.3 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Roc'h Trévézel with a height of 383 meter (at a distance of 23.4 km and direction EastNorthEast).One of the mountains in Armorican Massif The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 388 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 543 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
De Hanvec au Menez-Hom -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 428 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.1 km2

12.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

61.4 km2

78.1%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Le Faou in country France

Le Faou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	200 km	East
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	224 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	282 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rade de Brest, estuaire de l'Aulne	FR	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Le Faou
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Faou

Type of weather in Le Faou	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam