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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1901,Lat: 45.0014
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	11:58:29am
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lesparre-Médoc
Name	Lacanau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carcans	8.1 km	NorthEast
2 Le Porge	16.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saumos	18.3 km	SouthEast
4 Hourtin	23 km	NorthEast
5 Sainte-Hélène	24.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	354 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	473 km	North
3 Paris	France	503 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lacanau lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Palue, Leyre, Craste de Louley, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Lacanau (16.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 189 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 265 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
La bande littorale - Les paysages du littoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.7 km2

62%

Nature

6.1 km2

11.9%

Wet nature

2.8 km2

5.5%

Urban area

5.5 km2

10.7%

Rock-Sand

2 km2

3.9%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lacanau in country France

Lacanau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	52 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	65 km	North
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	83 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunes du littoral girondin de la Pointe de Grave au Cap Ferret	FR	1.2 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lacanau-Océan

Type of weather in Lacanau-Océan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam