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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0788,Lat: 47.5778
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	18:11:53pm
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Carnac

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Plouharnel	3.7 km	NorthWest
2 La Trinité-sur-Mer	3.8 km	East
3 Saint-Philibert	5.6 km	East
4 Crach	7.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon	7.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	194 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	212 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Paris	France	424 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carnac lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Étang du Crannic (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 453.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 635 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 36%, low location: 64%, The hills are mainly western 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 357 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

10.3%

Nature

6.4 km2

11.4%

Wet nature

12.9 km2

23.2%

Agriculture

17.7 km2

31.7%

Urban area

8.2 km2

14.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carnac in country France

Carnac 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	165 km	NorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	266 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	285 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Massif dunaire Gvres-Quiberon et zones humides associes	FR	0.7 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnac

Type of weather in Carnac	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam