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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.7783,Lat: 46.5163
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	23:25:02pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	Olonne-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Sables-d'Olonne	2.3 km	South
2 Château-d'Olonne	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 L'Île-d'Olonne	5 km	North
4 Sainte-Foy	6.8 km	East
5 Saint-Mathurin	7.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	300 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	332 km	North
3 Paris	France	401 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 Jaunay (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 351.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 493 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 36%, low location: 64%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 206 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

5.5%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.7%

Wet nature

8 km2

12.7%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

39.8%

Urban area

21.4 km2

33.9%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Olonne-sur-Mer in country France

Olonne-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	114 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	203 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	209 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunes, fort et marais d'Olonne	FR	1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Les Sables-d'Olonne

Type of weather in Les Sables-d'Olonne	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam