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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9619,Lat: 45.5627
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	22:40:23pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saintes
Name	Meschers-sur-Gironde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Georges-de-Didonne	5.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Semussac	5.8 km	NorthEast
3 Barzan	7.5 km	SouthEast
4 Arces	8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Le Verdon-sur-Mer	8.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	395 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	414 km	North
3 Paris	France	441 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Meschers-sur-Gironde lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Seudre, Charente, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 253.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 355 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 49%, low location: 51%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Royan et la côte de Beauté - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

4.1 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

25.8 km2

34.6%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.8%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

35.3 km2

47.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meschers-sur-Gironde in country France

Meschers-sur-Gironde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	17 km	WestNorthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	86 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	98 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord	FR	0.3 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meschers-sur-Gironde

Type of weather in Meschers-sur-Gironde	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam