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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.8084,Lat: 49.5117
Elevation	87 meter above sea level
Local time	19:35:43pm
Name province/region	Basse-Normandie
Name Subregion	Manche
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cherbourg
Name	Les Pieux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tréauville	2.3 km	North
2 Benoîtville	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Le Rozel	3.1 km	SouthWest
4 Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Sotteville	4.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	41 km	SouthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	53 km	West
3 London	England	235 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Gast (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 96.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 244.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 343 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 Cotentin secret au vert bocage - Les bocages sur des versants en tableaux

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 215 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (at a distance of 29 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.9%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

66.7 km2

89.9%

Urban area

2.3 km2

3.1%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Les Pieux in country France

Les Pieux 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	100 km	South
2 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	139 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	158 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Littoral ouest du Cotentin de Saint-Germain-sur-Ay au Rozel	FR	4.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Les Pieux
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Les Pieux

Type of weather in Les Pieux	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam