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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.6588,Lat: 46.0174
Elevation	146 meter above sea level
Local time	8:41:03am
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Confolens
Name	Confolens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ansac-sur-Vienne	3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lessac	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Esse	5.2 km	East
4 Hiesse	6.8 km	NorthWest
5 Saint-Maurice-des-Lions	6.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	339 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Andorra	Andorra	396 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	412 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 128 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 Lac de Lavaud (1.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 345.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 483 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 68%, hill: 32%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Confolens - Villes principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 170 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Limoges Airport (at a distance of 44 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7 km2

8.9%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

66.6 km2

84.7%

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Confolens in country France

Confolens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	63 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	France	93 km	South
3 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	114 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle de l'Issoire	FR	3.9 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Confolens

Type of weather in Confolens	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:19 Europe/Amsterdam