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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3544,Lat: 49.5439
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	7:17:29am
Name province/region	Basse-Normandie
Name Subregion	Manche
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cherbourg
Name	Octeville-l'Avenel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Crasville	2.4 km	East
2 Aumeville-Lestre	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Saint-Germain-de-Tournebut	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Morsalines	5.1 km	NorthEast
5 Quinéville	5.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	67 km	WestSouthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	86 km	West
3 London	England	217 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Gast (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 85.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 251.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 352 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le Plain : haies rabaissées et damier - Les bocages à grandes mailles et silhouettes arbustives

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 197 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.1 km2

7.9%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

64.8 km2

82.9%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Octeville-l'Avenel in country France

Octeville-l'Avenel 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	102 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	106 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	175 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin - Baie des Veys	FR	2.7 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Crasville

Type of weather in Crasville	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam