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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.4294,Lat: 47.4186
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	7:18:59am
Name province/region (Région)	Centre-Val de Loire
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loir-et-Cher
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Blois
Name	Contres
Other place with same name 1	Contres Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fresnes	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sassay	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Oisly	5.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Feings	5.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Couddes	6.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	173 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	330 km	NorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	371 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 230 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Bièvre (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 347.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 486 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.6 km2

19.9%

Agriculture

52.8 km2

67.3%

Viticulture

7.7 km2

9.8%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Contres in country France

Contres 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 Chalonnes	France	55 km	West
2 Bourges Cathedral	France	82 km	EastSouthEast
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	104 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sologne	FR	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Contres

Type of weather in Contres	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	8 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:09 Europe/Amsterdam