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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.12,Lat: 46.8839
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	21:04:07pm
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	La Barre-de-Monts

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame-de-Monts	5.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Beauvoir-sur-Mer	7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Barbâtre	7.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Saint-Urbain	8.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-Gervais	9.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	258 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	288 km	North
3 Paris	France	397 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Barre-de-Monts lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction North).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 Jaunay (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 393.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 551 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 93%, low location: 7%, 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 254 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Île d'Yeu Airport (at a distance of 28 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

11.6%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

28.1 km2

39%

Agriculture

28.3 km2

39.1%

Urban area

4.6 km2

6.4%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Barre-de-Monts in country France

La Barre-de-Monts at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	162 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	200 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	221 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, le de Noirmoutier et fort de Monts	FR	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Barre-de-Monts

Type of weather in La Barre-de-Monts	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam