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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6121,Lat: 48.3829
Elevation	156 meter above sea level
Local time	3:46:57am
Name province/region	Alsace
Name Subregion	Bas-Rhin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sélestat-Erstein
Name	Sand

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Matzenheim	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Benfeld	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Westhouse	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Osthouse	3.3 km	NorthEast
5 Kertzfeld	3.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	160 km	South
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	175 km	NorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	199 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 409 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Baggersee Rhinau-Kappel (0.6 km² at a distance of 10.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.4 km2

17.1%

Agriculture

55.6 km2

70.8%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sand in country France

Sand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	25 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	111 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	111 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Secteur Alluvial Rhin-Ried-Bruch, Bas-Rhin	FR	0.3 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sand

Type of weather in Sand	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam