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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1669,Lat: 46.2066
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	8:52:28am
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Rochelle
Name	Nieul-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lagord	2.5 km	South
2 L'Houmeau	2.5 km	SouthWest
3 Marsilly	3.3 km	NorthEast
4 Puilboreau	4.6 km	SouthEast
5 Saint-Xandre	4.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	341 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	376 km	North
3 Paris	France	393 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 38.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 320.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La Rochelle - Villes principales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 157 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 3.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

11.2 km2

17.3%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

52.9%

Urban area

17.2 km2

26.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nieul-sur-Mer in country France

Nieul-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	69 km	South
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	159 km	South
3 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	161 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nieul-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Nieul-sur-Mer	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam