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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2321,Lat: 47.7381
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	3:43:13am
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Merlevenez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kervignac	2.9 km	North
2 Sainte-Hélène	3.1 km	SouthEast
3 Nostang	3.7 km	East
4 Riantec	6.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Brandérion	6.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	182 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	197 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	419 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 436.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 611 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 378 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.7 km2

23.8%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

50.2 km2

63.8%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merlevenez in country France

Merlevenez 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	162 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	287 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	298 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria d'Etel	FR	2 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merlevenez

Type of weather in Merlevenez	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam