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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.3408,Lat: 46.3851
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	18:03:00pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Deux-Sèvres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Niort
Name	François

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Azay-le-Brûlé	3.3 km	NorthEast
2 Saint-Gelais	3.7 km	West
3 La Crèche	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Chauray	4.6 km	SouthWest
5 Échiré	5.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	339 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	341 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	379 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Sevre niortaise, Lay, Sallertaine, Falleron, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Verdon (2.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 76.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 354.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 497 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les vallées de l'Autise, de la Sèvre Niortaise et de leurs affluents - Vallées principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 175 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

66.1 km2

84.1%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.4%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of François in country France

François 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	95 km	East
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	109 km	SouthWest
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	138 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine de Niort Sud-Est	FR	8.5 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Gelais

Type of weather in Saint-Gelais	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam