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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1812,Lat: 44.6514
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	10:01:50am
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arcachon
Name	Arcachon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Teste-de-Buch	3.7 km	SouthEast
2 Lège-Cap-Ferret	7.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gujan-Mestras	8.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lanton	12.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Andernos-les-Bains	12.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	324 km	SouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	509 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	511 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Arcachon lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Palue, Leyre, Craste de Louley, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet (40 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dune de Pilat with a height of 103 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 152 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 213 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 60%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Les quartiers résidentiels du Pilat, Moulleau et Arcachon - Les paysages du bassin d'Arcachon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

23.2%

Nature

0.5 km2

Wet nature

13.8 km2

30.1%

Urban area

18 km2

39.3%

Infrastructure

1 km2

2.2%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcachon in country France

Arcachon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	52 km	EastNorthEast
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	85 km	East
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	104 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Forts dunaires de la Teste-de-Buch	FR	0.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Arcachon
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arcachon

Type of weather in Arcachon	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam