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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.5845,Lat: 46.419
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	9:47:37am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	Jard-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire	6.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Longeville-sur-Mer	7.3 km	East
5 Avrillé	9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	312 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	345 km	North
3 Paris	France	398 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Jard-sur-Mer lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction South).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 du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 341.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 478 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 60%, low location: 40%, 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 190 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

7.9%

Nature

0.7 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

8.4 km2

16.8%

Agriculture

28.6 km2

57.4%

Urban area

7.5 km2

15%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jard-sur-Mer in country France

Jard-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	98 km	South
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	189 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	193 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de Talmont et zones littorales entre les Sables-d'Olonne et Jard-sur-Mer	FR	1 km	NorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Jard-sur-Mer
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jard-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Jard-sur-Mer	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam