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Le Château-d'Oléron

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1976,Lat: 45.8904
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:10:28pm
At island	Ile-d-oleron
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Département (Département)	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name Commune	Le Château-d'Oléron

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Grand-Village-Plage	4.5 km	SouthWest
2 Saint-Trojan-les-Bains	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dolus-d'Oléron	5.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus	6.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron	10.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	375 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	410 km	North
3 Paris	France	422 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Le Château-d'Oléron lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthEast).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 Lac du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 71.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 285.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 400 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 91%, low location: 9%, The most common land use in the area is wet-nature.

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

Name
Les terres hautes d'Oléron - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 124 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

6.2%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

44.8 km2

67.8%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

13.2%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.8%

Urban area

5.2 km2

7.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Le Château-d'Oléron in country France

Le Château-d'Oléron at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Le Château-d'Oléron France

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	34 km	South
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	127 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	138 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de Brouage-Olron	FR	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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