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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4566,Lat: 47.6394
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	13:28:48pm
At island	Groix
Name province/region (Région)	Bretagne
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Groix

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gâvres	9.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Larmor-Plage	10.3 km	NorthEast
3 Ploemeur	10.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Port-Louis	11.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Locmiquélic	13.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	200 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	213 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	431 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Groix lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 449.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 629 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 379 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7 km2

43.1%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

5.6%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

42.2%

Urban area

1.5 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Groix in country France

Groix 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	182 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	289 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	313 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ile de Groix	FR	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Groix
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Groix

Type of weather in Groix	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	18.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 8)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	985 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:31 Europe/Amsterdam