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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1911,Lat: 46.1912
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	12:56:32pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Rochelle
Name	L'Houmeau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nieul-sur-Mer	2.5 km	NorthEast
2 Lagord	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Rochelle	3.9 km	South
4 Marsilly	5.8 km	NorthEast
5 Puilboreau	5.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	342 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	377 km	North
3 Paris	France	396 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

L'Houmeau lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction WestNorthWest).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 39.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 318.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 446 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 60%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La Rochelle - Villes principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 156 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 1.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.4 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

8 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

21.2 km2

39.2%

Urban area

19.9 km2

36.8%

Infrastructure

3 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of L'Houmeau in country France

L'Houmeau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	67 km	South
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	158 km	South
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	163 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	0.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nieul-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Nieul-sur-Mer	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam