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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.338,Lat: 47.9129
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	11:08:08am
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Plouay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Calan	4.2 km	South
2 Lanvaudan	5.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Guilligomarc'h	6.4 km	NorthWest
4 Cléguer	7.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Arzano	7.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	169 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	181 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	400 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 418 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 585 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 399 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

27%

Nature

4.3 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

48.7 km2

62.1%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plouay in country France

Plouay 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	157 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	308 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rivire Scorff, Fort de Pont Calleck, Rivire Sarre	FR	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Plouay
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Plouay

Type of weather in Plouay	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam