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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3162,Lat: 46.326
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	9:48:06am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	La Faute-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer	1.8 km	East
2 Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm	6.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 La Tranche-sur-Mer	6.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Grues	8.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Saint-Denis-du-Payré	9.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	326 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	360 km	North
3 Paris	France	391 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Faute-sur-Mer lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction West).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 22 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 332.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 465 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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 173 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

3.1%

Nature

2.3 km2

3.9%

Wet nature

13.6 km2

23.6%

Agriculture

31.2 km2

54.3%

Urban area

5.3 km2

9.3%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Faute-sur-Mer in country France

La Faute-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	83 km	South
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	170 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	176 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais Poitevin	FR	0.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Tranche-sur-Mer

Type of weather in La Tranche-sur-Mer	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam