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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.2588,Lat: 49.2798
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	11:43:21am
Name province/region	Basse-Normandie
Name Subregion	Calvados
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caen
Name	Ouistreham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sallenelles	2.8 km	SouthEast
2 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay	3 km	SouthWest
3 Colleville-Montgomery	3 km	West
4 Amfreville	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Merville-Franceville-Plage	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	135 km	West
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	166 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	194 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ouistreham lies at the English Channel (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Bassin Théophile Ducrocq (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 268.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 375 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Un littoral urbanisé : la côte de Nacre - Les paysages littoraux de plages

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 203 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Caen-Carpiquet Airport (at a distance of 18 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

2.4%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

12.1 km2

19.4%

Agriculture

31.5 km2

50.5%

Urban area

11.3 km2

18.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ouistreham in country France

Ouistreham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	36 km	NorthEast
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	116 km	WestSouthWest
3 Chartres Cathedral	France	158 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de l'Orne	FR	0.8 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ouistreham

Type of weather in Ouistreham	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam