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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.3251,Lat: 48.0854
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	2:26:22am
Name province/region (Région)	Bretagne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Finistère
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quimper
Name	Douarnenez

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kerlaz	3.9 km	East
2 Pouldergat	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Le Juch	5.6 km	SouthEast
4 Poullan-sur-Mer	6.4 km	West
5 Guiler-sur-Goyen	8.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	200 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	204 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	389 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Douarnenez lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Aulne, Erlon, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Kergalan (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 413.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 579 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
De Quimper au pays du Cap, de Douarnenez à Pont-L'Abbé -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 452 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Quimper-Cornouaille Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

4.3%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

47.3 km2

78.3%

Urban area

6.7 km2

11.1%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Douarnenez in country France

Douarnenez 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	217 km	East
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	307 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cap Sizun	FR	3.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Douarnenez

Type of weather in Douarnenez	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:32 Europe/Amsterdam