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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.7793,Lat: 46.4961
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	4:42:33am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	Les Sables-d'Olonne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Olonne-sur-Mer	2.3 km	North
2 Château-d'Olonne	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Sainte-Foy	7.2 km	East
4 L'Île-d'Olonne	7.2 km	North
5 Saint-Mathurin	9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	302 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	334 km	North
3 Paris	France	403 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Les Sables-d'Olonne lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction SouthWest).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 Jaunay (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 349.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 489 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 204 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

3.9%

Nature

1.4 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

3.9 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

32.6%

Urban area

21.4 km2

44.6%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.8%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Les Sables-d'Olonne in country France

Les Sables-d'Olonne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	112 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	203 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	207 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Secteur marin de l'le d'Yeu jusqu'au continent	FR	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Les Sables-d'Olonne

Type of weather in Les Sables-d'Olonne	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	06:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam