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Gâvres

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.355,Lat: 47.6933
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:29:22pm
Name province/region (Région)	Bretagne
Wiki-website Département (Département)	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name Commune	Gâvres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Port-Louis	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Larmor-Plage	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Riantec	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Locmiquélic	4 km	NorthEast
5 Lorient	6.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	191 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	205 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	425 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gâvres lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 442.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 619 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 57%, low location: 43%, The hills are mainly southern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 379 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 9.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.1 km2

8.2%

Wet nature

11 km2

29.3%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

18%

Urban area

11.6 km2

31.1%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

3.5 km2

9.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gâvres in country France

Gâvres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	172 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	289 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	307 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Massif dunaire Gvres-Quiberon et zones humides associes	FR	0.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Port-Louis

Type of weather in Port-Louis	broken clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam