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Chinon

General information - Location

CountryFrance
Location in country West
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 0.2549,Lat: 47.1736 marker
Elevation79 meter above sea level
Local time2:46:33am
Name province/region (Région)Centre-Val de Loire
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)Indre-et-Loire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityChinon
Name Chinon

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Rivière4.1 km SouthSouthEast
2 Ligré4.9 km SouthSouthEast
3 Cinais5.7 km WestSouthWest
4 La Roche-Clermault5.7 km SouthWest
5 Anché5.7 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ParisFrance241 km NorthEast
2 St Helier   Jersey287 km NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port   Guernsey328 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 142 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vienne, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Retenue de Pincemaille (2.2 km2 at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 423.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 592 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
Le Ruchard -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 234 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (at a distance of 46 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   18.1 km2 
 23.1% 
 Nature   0.3 km2 
 0.4% 
 Agriculture   39.4 km2 
 50.2% 
 Viticulture   10.9 km2 
 13.8% 
 Urban area   7.4 km2 
 9.4% 
 Water - Lakes   1.9 km2 
 2.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Chinon in country France


Chinon at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and ChalonnesFrance42 km EastNorthEast
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur GartempeFrance82 km SouthSouthEast
3 Bourges CathedralFrance163 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Basses valles de la Vienne et de l'IndreFR1.3 km SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Chinon

Type of weather in Chinonlight snow weericoon
Current temperature: -1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 1.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: West North West
Air pressure: 1010 mb
Humidity: 88 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:9 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:17 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Chinon - FR (longitude: 0.2549, latitude: 47.1736)
Distance weather station to place (direction NO): 0 Kilometers

4:00
-1 degrees
1012 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
7:00
1 degrees
1014 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
1016 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
13:00
7 degrees
1017 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
16:00
4 degrees
1020 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
3 degrees
1021 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
22:00
3 degrees
1021 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
1:00
3 degrees
1020 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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