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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1175,Lat: 44.2401
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	5:49:12am
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Landes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mont-de-Marsan
Name	Pontenx-les-Forges

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saint-Paul-en-Born	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born	6.4 km	NorthWest
3 Aureilhan	7.2 km	West
4 Gastes	9.4 km	North
5 Mimizan	9.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	289 km	SouthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	470 km	SouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	557 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Palue, Leyre, Craste de Louley, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Aureilhan (3.2 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 109.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 153 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

60.9 km2

77.5%

Nature

10.4 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

5.7 km2

7.3%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontenx-les-Forges in country France

Pontenx-les-Forges at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	79 km	NorthEast
2 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	105 km	NorthEast
3 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	150 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zones humides de l'arrire dune des pays de Born et de Buch	FR	0.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pontenx-les-Forges

Type of weather in Pontenx-les-Forges	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam