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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3234,Lat: 47.877
Elevation	96 meter above sea level
Local time	9:19:46am
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Calan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cléguer	3.6 km	SouthWest
2 Plouay	4.2 km	North
3 Lanvaudan	5.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Inzinzac-Lochrist	7.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pont-Scorff	7.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	172 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	184 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	404 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 421.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 591 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 395 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.7 km2

25.1%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

51.8 km2

65.9%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Calan in country France

Calan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	158 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	304 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rivire Scorff, Fort de Pont Calleck, Rivire Sarre	FR	4.4 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Plouay

Type of weather in Plouay	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam