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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.9266,Lat: 46.6908
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	3:00:49am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Fenouiller	3.1 km	NorthEast
2 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	3.1 km	NorthWest
3 Givrand	3.6 km	SouthEast
4 Notre-Dame-de-Riez	6.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Saint-Révérend	7.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	280 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	311 km	North
3 Paris	France	398 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Sevre niortaise, Lay, Sallertaine, Falleron, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Jaunay (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 371.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 520 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, 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 228 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Île d'Yeu Airport (at a distance of 36 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

2.2%

Nature

2.6 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

6.1 km2

10.9%

Agriculture

26 km2

46.6%

Urban area

18.5 km2

33.1%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in country France

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	136 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	214 km	EastNorthEast
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	214 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunes de la Sauzaie et marais du Jaunay	FR	0.7 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

Type of weather in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam