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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.5346,Lat: 46.5035
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	9:48:17am
Name province/region (Région)	Pays de la Loire
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Vendée
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Name	Poiroux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	4 km	East
2 Avrillé	5.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt	6.2 km	South
4 Grosbreuil	7.5 km	NorthWest
5 Nieul-le-Dolent	8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	304 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	337 km	North
3 Paris	France	389 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction South).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 10.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 350.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 491 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 197 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

8.2%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

68.7 km2

87.4%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poiroux in country France

Poiroux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	106 km	South
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	184 km	East
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	197 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de Talmont et zones littorales entre les Sables-d'Olonne et Jard-sur-Mer	FR	6 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avrillé

Type of weather in Avrillé	few clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:26 Europe/Amsterdam