Hotels at Oroux booking.com

Oroux

Booking.com

Oroux

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.0886,Lat: 46.6918
Elevation	160 meter above sea level
Local time	20:50:49pm
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Deux-Sèvres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Parthenay
Name	Oroux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lhoumois	2.8 km	NorthWest
2 La Ferrière-en-Parthenay	3.8 km	South
3 La Peyratte	5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Thénezay	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Aubigny	5.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	300 km	NorthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	318 km	NorthNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	358 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 90 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Verdon (2.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 62.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 393 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 550 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les contreforts de la Gâtine - Bocages

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 212 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poitiers-Biard Airport (at a distance of 32 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.7 km2

16.2%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

64 km2

81.6%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oroux in country France

Oroux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	75 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	99 km	NorthEast
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	148 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plaine d'Oiron-Thnezay	FR	5.1 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Oroux
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Oroux
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Peyratte

Type of weather in La Peyratte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:21 Europe/Amsterdam