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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.2501,Lat: 48.5431
Elevation	178 meter above sea level
Local time	6:02:29am
Name province/region (Région)	Basse-Normandie
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Orne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alençon
Name	Essay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boitron	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bursard	2.1 km	West
3 Aunay-les-Bois	3.4 km	East
4 Neauphe-sous-Essai	4.1 km	NorthWest
5 Les Ventes-de-Bourse	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	156 km	East
2 St Helier	Jersey	188 km	WestNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	228 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 88 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Maine, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de la Dathée (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 92.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 304 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 426 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 97%, hill: 3%, 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
La plaine de Sée - Les damiers de bocage et de campagne ouverte

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 158 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.1 km2

11.6%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

67.8 km2

86.4%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Essay in country France

Essay at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chartres Cathedral	France	92 km	EastSouthEast
2 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	106 km	North
3 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	130 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute Valle de la Sarthe	FR	5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Essay

Type of weather in Essay	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam