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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.7315,Lat: 46.5356
Elevation	87 meter above sea level
Local time	20:33:11pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontenay-le-Comte
Name	Mervent

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Foussais-Payré	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vouvant	5.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Puy-de-Serre	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Bourneau	5.8 km	West
5 L'Orbrie	6.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	315 km	North
2 Paris	France	344 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	352 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 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 Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 49.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 362.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 508 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 190 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

34.1%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

45 km2

57.3%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mervent in country France

Mervent at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	111 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	123 km	East
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	145 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fort de Mervent-Vouvant et ses abords	FR	1.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mervent

Type of weather in Mervent	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam