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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.781,Lat: 46.561
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	15:02:00pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	L'Île-d'Olonne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vairé	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Olonne-sur-Mer	5 km	South
3 Saint-Mathurin	5.1 km	East
4 Brem-sur-Mer	6.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Les Sables-d'Olonne	7.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	295 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	327 km	North
3 Paris	France	398 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (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 du Jaunay (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 356.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 499 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 210 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

12.3%

Nature

1 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

13.9 km2

18.1%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

54.7%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.8%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of L'Île-d'Olonne in country France

L'Île-d'Olonne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	118 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	203 km	East
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	210 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunes, fort et marais d'Olonne	FR	0.2 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olonne-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Olonne-sur-Mer	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam