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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.782,Lat: 45.8178
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	8:31:21am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saintes
Name	Saint-Porchaire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Essards	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Plassay	5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Geay	5 km	NorthEast
4 Romegoux	6.2 km	North
5 Beurlay	6.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	390 km	North
2 Paris	France	410 km	NorthEast
3 Andorra	Andorra	412 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 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 Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 72.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 284.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 399 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La campagne de Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult - Gémozac - Plaines vallonnées et/ou boisées

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

18.5%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

62 km2

78.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Porchaire in country France

Saint-Porchaire at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	110 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	114 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de la Charente (basse valle)	FR	0.6 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Porchaire

Type of weather in Saint-Porchaire	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam