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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.2189,Lat: 45.6734
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	6:45:23am
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cognac
Name	Bourg-Charente

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Julienne	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gensac-la-Pallue	3.3 km	SouthWest
3 Mainxe	3.3 km	East
4 Gondeville	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Jarnac	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	379 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Paris	France	402 km	NorthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	418 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 50 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 Barrage du Mas Chaban (1.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 68.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 282.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 395 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les vallées de la Basse Charente et de ses affluents - Vallées principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

13.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

31.2 km2

39.7%

Viticulture

28.7 km2

36.5%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bourg-Charente in country France

Bourg-Charente at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	75 km	West
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	87 km	South
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	92 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de la Charente entre Angoulme et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE)	FR	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gensac-la-Pallue

Type of weather in Gensac-la-Pallue	clear sky
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:24 Europe/Amsterdam