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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.8262,Lat: 46.993
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	6:01:52am
Name province/region (Région)	Pays de la Loire
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Loire-Atlantique
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nantes
Name	Machecoul

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Même-le-Tenu	3.9 km	NorthEast
2 Fresnay-en-Retz	4.9 km	NorthWest
3 Paulx	6.3 km	SouthEast
4 La Marne	6.6 km	East
5 Bois-de-Céné	7.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	247 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	279 km	North
3 Paris	France	371 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 de Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 404.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 567 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 68%, low location: 32%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 256 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nantes Atlantique Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

72.8 km2

92.6%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Machecoul in country France

Machecoul at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	165 km	South
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	184 km	NorthNorthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	197 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	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Machecoul

Type of weather in Machecoul	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	08:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:26 Europe/Amsterdam