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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.8716,Lat: 47.0236
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	21:49:45pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Loire-Atlantique
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Nazaire
Name	Fresnay-en-Retz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Machecoul	4.9 km	SouthEast
2 Saint-Même-le-Tenu	5.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bourgneuf-en-Retz	6.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons	8.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Bois-de-Céné	9.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	243 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	275 km	North
3 Paris	France	372 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 408.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 572 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 261 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nantes Atlantique Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

67.5 km2

85.9%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fresnay-en-Retz in country France

Fresnay-en-Retz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	169 km	South
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	181 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	199 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, le de Noirmoutier et fort de Monts	FR	0.6 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Machecoul-Saint-Même

Type of weather in Machecoul-Saint-Même	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam