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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9966,Lat: 46.3083
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	2:32:19am
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Rochelle
Name	Marans
Other place with same name 1	Marans Pays de la Loire - Maine-et-Loire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 L'Île-d'Elle	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Andilly	6.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Charron	8.4 km	West
4 Longèves	8.6 km	South
5 Le Gué-de-Velluire	9.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	333 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	369 km	North
3 Paris	France	376 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (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 37.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 334 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 468 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le marais Poitevin (marais desséché) - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 166 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

74.6 km2

94.9%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Marans in country France

Marans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	81 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	146 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	167 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	1.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Marans

Type of weather in Marans	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:25 Europe/Amsterdam