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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0589,Lat: 46.1055
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	19:18:12pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Rochelle
Name	Salles-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Jarne	2.4 km	North
2 Saint-Vivien	2.8 km	South
3 Croix-Chapeau	3.9 km	East
4 Angoulins	3.9 km	West
5 Châtelaillon-Plage	4.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	354 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	389 km	North
3 Paris	France	397 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (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 Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 52.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 311 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 435 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 50%, low location: 50%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La plaine d'Aunis - Plaines de champs ouverts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 145 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 13 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

4.9 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

60.9 km2

77.5%

Urban area

10.5 km2

13.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salles-sur-Mer in country France

Salles-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	58 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	146 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	152 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anse de Fouras, baie d'Yves, marais de Rochefort	FR	0.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salles-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Salles-sur-Mer	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam