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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3924,Lat: 49.2637
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	1:02:34am
Name province/region (Région)	Basse-Normandie
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Manche
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Coutances
Name	Gorges
Other place with same name 1	Gorges Picardie - Somme
Other place with same name 2	Gorges Pays de la Loire - Loire-Atlantique

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Plessis-Lastelle	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 Saint-Patrice-de-Claids	4.4 km	SouthWest
3 Saint-Jores	4.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Baupte	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sainteny	6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	53 km	West
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	86 km	WestNorthWest
3 London	England	246 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac du Gast (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 56.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 279.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 392 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 44%, low location: 56%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les marais du Cotentin et du Bessin -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 227 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (at a distance of 43 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

10.8 km2

13.7%

Agriculture

65.3 km2

83.2%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gorges in country France

Gorges 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	70 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	112 km	East
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	197 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin - Baie des Veys	FR	0.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gorges

Type of weather in Gorges	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:14 Europe/Amsterdam