Hotels at Rochefort booking.com

Rochefort

Booking.com

Rochefort

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9693,Lat: 45.9457
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	4:44:51am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Rochefort

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vergeroux	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Soubise	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Breuil-Magné	4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Tonnay-Charente	4.9 km	East
5 Échillais	5.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	373 km	North
2 Paris	France	407 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	408 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Seudre, Charente, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 71.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 295 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 413 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 80%, low location: 20%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Rochefort - Villes principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 126 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

56.4 km2

71.8%

Urban area

13.7 km2

17.4%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

5.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rochefort in country France

Rochefort at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	43 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	127 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	133 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de la Charente (basse valle)	FR	1 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Rochefort
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Rochefort
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rochefort

Type of weather in Rochefort	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam