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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.5519,Lat: 50.3197
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	11:45:09am
Name province/region	Picardie
Name Subregion	Somme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Abbeville
Name	Quend

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fort-Mahon-Plage	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Groffliers	8.4 km	NorthEast
3 Conchil-le-Temple	9.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Waben	9.7 km	NorthEast
5 Berck	10.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	161 km	NorthWest
2 Paris	France	172 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Brussel	Belgium	207 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Quend lies at the English Channel (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Bassin de Mardyck (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 93.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 94.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 55%, low location: 45%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le Marquenterre - Littoral picard
La baie d'Authie - Paysages des dunes et estuaires d'Opale

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

18.4%

Nature

9.4 km2

17.6%

Wet nature

11 km2

20.5%

Agriculture

15.6 km2

29.2%

Urban area

2.9 km2

5.4%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quend in country France

Quend at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amiens Cathedral	France	72 km	SouthEast
2 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	112 km	North
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	121 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaires et littoral picards (baies de Somme et d'Authie)	FR	0.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fort-Mahon-Plage

Type of weather in Fort-Mahon-Plage	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam