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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.455,Lat: 49.2857
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	8:21:57am
Name province/region (Région)	Basse-Normandie
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Calvados
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caen
Name	Fontaine-Henry

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bény-sur-Mer	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Reviers	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Basly	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Amblie	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Thaon	3.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	121 km	West
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	152 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	208 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Bassin Théophile Ducrocq (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 278.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 390 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Une campagne aux horizons courts et rongée par l'urbanisation : la campagne de Caen septentrionale -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Caen-Carpiquet Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

69.1 km2

88%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontaine-Henry in country France

Fontaine-Henry at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	47 km	EastNorthEast
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	106 km	SouthWest
3 Chartres Cathedral	France	170 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anciennes carrires de la valle de la Mue	FR	0.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fontaine-Henry

Type of weather in Fontaine-Henry	clear sky
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam