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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.6918,Lat: 49.3373
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	0:56:05am
Name province/region	Basse-Normandie
Name Subregion	Manche
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cherbourg
Name	Portbail

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Lô-d'Ourville	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Canville-la-Rocque	3.8 km	East
3 Denneville	3.9 km	South
4 Saint-Rémy-des-Landes	4.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	34 km	WestSouthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	63 km	WestNorthWest
3 London	England	248 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portbail lies at the English Channel (direction SouthWest).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 75.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 265.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 372 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Longues plages et havres - Les paysages littoraux de plages

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 228 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (at a distance of 38 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.9 km2

5.5%

Wet nature

10.8 km2

15%

Agriculture

51.7 km2

71.7%

Urban area

3.1 km2

4.3%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portbail in country France

Portbail 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	79 km	South
2 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	131 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	179 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Littoral ouest du Cotentin de Saint-Germain-sur-Ay au Rozel	FR	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portbail

Type of weather in Portbail	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam