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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.8552,Lat: 46.3604
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	11:42:46am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fontenay-le-Comte
Name	Vix

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montreuil	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Le Gué-de-Velluire	5.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Maillé	5.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Doix	5.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Velluire	5.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	330 km	North
2 Paris	France	365 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	367 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 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 44.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 341.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 479 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 92%, low location: 8%, 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 171 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 33 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

72.9 km2

92.7%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

3 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vix in country France

Vix at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	89 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	134 km	East
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	165 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vix

Type of weather in Vix	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam