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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0305,Lat: 45.632
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	15:02:25pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Royan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vaux-sur-Mer	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Saint-Georges-de-Didonne	4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saint-Palais-sur-Mer	4.4 km	NorthWest
4 Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan	4.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Médis	5.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	404 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	406 km	North
3 Paris	France	438 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Royan lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction South).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 Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 260 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 364 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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
Royan et la côte de Beauté - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.1 km2

Wet nature

1.9 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

45.3%

Urban area

21.4 km2

37.9%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Royan in country France

Royan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	12 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	95 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	107 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord	FR	1.1 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Royan

Type of weather in Royan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam