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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3611,Lat: 43.4587
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	15:07:06pm
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bayonne
Name	Briscous

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Urcuit	3.5 km	NorthEast
2 Lahonce	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Mouguerre	5.6 km	NorthWest
4 Urt	6.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-Pierre-d'Irube	6.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	259 km	EastSouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	385 km	SouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	642 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Adour, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Yrieu (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 20.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les collines du Sud Adour - Le Labourd intérieur

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 160 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Airport (at a distance of 14 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.9 km2

36.7%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.2%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briscous in country France

Briscous at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	135 km	West
2 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu	France,Spain	141 km	SouthEast
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	165 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
L'Ardanavy (cours d'eau)	FR	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Briscous

Type of weather in Briscous	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam