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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3029,Lat: 43.8782
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	13:04:35pm
Name province/region (Région)	Aquitaine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Landes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dax
Name	Léon
Other place with same name 1	Léon Castilla y León - León

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vielle-Saint-Girons	3.9 km	North
2 Linxe	6.5 km	NorthEast
3 Moliets-et-Maa	7.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Azur	8.8 km	South
5 Messanges	9.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	277 km	SouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	428 km	SouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	596 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 Léon (3.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 66.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 94 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Airport (at a distance of 49 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

56.6 km2

72%

Nature

6.1 km2

7.8%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

5.4 km2

6.8%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Léon in country France

Léon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	121 km	NorthEast
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	145 km	NorthEast
3 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	151 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zones humides de l'tang de Lon	FR	0.4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Léon

Type of weather in Léon	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:33 Europe/Amsterdam