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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1441,Lat: 45.0664
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	20:27:10pm
Name province/region (Région)	Aquitaine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lesparre-Médoc
Name	Carcans

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lacanau	8.1 km	SouthWest
2 Hourtin	14.9 km	NorthEast
3 Saumos	20.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Le Porge	22 km	South
5 Naujac-sur-Mer	22.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	357 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	466 km	North
3 Paris	France	495 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 4 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 Carcans (25.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 196.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 276 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
La bande littorale - Les paysages du littoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27 km2

35.7%

Nature

19.4 km2

25.7%

Wet nature

8.9 km2

11.8%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

15.1 km2

20%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carcans in country France

Carcans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	52 km	SouthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	58 km	North
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	80 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Boisements chnes verts des dunes du littoral girondin	FR	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maubuisson

Type of weather in Maubuisson	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:30 Europe/Amsterdam