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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9527,Lat: 46.0577
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	7:20:52am
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Ballon
Other place with same name 1	Ballon Pays de la Loire - Sarthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ciré-d'Aunis	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Le Thou	3.9 km	NorthEast
3 Thairé	4.2 km	NorthWest
4 Ardillières	4.6 km	East
5 Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis	6.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	361 km	North
2 Paris	France	396 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	397 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction West).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 61.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 307.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 430 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 49%, low location: 51%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La plaine d'Aunis - Plaines de champs ouverts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 138 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

74.7 km2

95%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballon in country France

Ballon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	55 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	139 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	144 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anse de Fouras, baie d'Yves, marais de Rochefort	FR	1.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thairé

Type of weather in Thairé	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:25 Europe/Amsterdam