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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3098,Lat: 46.9802
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	3:23:34am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Roche-sur-Yon
Name	Montaigu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay	3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu	3.8 km	South
3 Boufféré	4.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 La Guyonnière	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Treize-Septiers	6.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	255 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	290 km	North
3 Paris	France	341 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 404.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 567 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, 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 244 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nantes Atlantique Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

67.4 km2

85.7%

Urban area

9.7 km2

12.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Montaigu in country France

Montaigu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	155 km	South
2 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	159 km	East
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	173 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de Goulaine	FR	23 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montaigu

Type of weather in Montaigu	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam