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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9717,Lat: 44.6407
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	14:05:01pm
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arcachon
Name	Biganos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Teich	4 km	West
2 Mios	5.8 km	SouthEast
3 Audenge	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Gujan-Mestras	8.5 km	West
5 Lanton	10.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	312 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	515 km	North
3 Madrid	Spain	515 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (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 18.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dune de Pilat with a height of 103 meter (at a distance of 20.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 155.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 217 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Le delta de la Leyre - Les paysages du Bassin d'Arcachon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 29 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.4 km2

53.9%

Nature

10 km2

12.7%

Wet nature

10 km2

12.8%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

5.6%

Urban area

11.4 km2

14.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biganos in country France

Biganos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	38 km	EastNorthEast
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	70 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	106 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valles de la Grande et de la Petite Leyre	FR	1.1 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Biganos

Type of weather in Biganos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam