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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2705,Lat: 46.9777
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	10:08:18am
At island	Ile-de-noirmoutier
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	L'Épine

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Guérinière	2 km	SouthEast
2 Noirmoutier-en-l'Île	3.7 km	NorthEast
3 Barbâtre	8.6 km	SouthEast
4 La Barre-de-Monts	15.5 km	SouthEast
5 Préfailles	17.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	248 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	276 km	North
3 Paris	France	400 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

L'Épine lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction WestSouthWest).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 de Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 405.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 567 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 268 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Île d'Yeu Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

1.2%

Nature

0.5 km2

Wet nature

31.6 km2

61.4%

Agriculture

7.2 km2

14%

Urban area

8.5 km2

16.5%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of L'Épine in country France

L'Épine at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	177 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	193 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	230 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, le de Noirmoutier et fort de Monts	FR	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB L'Épine
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Noirmoutier-en-l'Île

Type of weather in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam