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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1422,Lat: 47.1148
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	3:28:01am
Name province/region	Pays de la Loire
Name Subregion	Loire-Atlantique
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Nazaire
Name	Pornic

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Plaine-sur-Mer	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Préfailles	6.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef	7.4 km	North
4 La Bernerie-en-Retz	8.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	12 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	232 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	262 km	North
3 Paris	France	384 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Pornic lies at the Bay of Biscay (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 de Grand-Lieu (19.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 419.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 587 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 278 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.7 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

29.7 km2

71%

Urban area

9 km2

21.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pornic in country France

Pornic at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	176 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	186 km	SouthSouthEast
3 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	217 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de la Loire Sud - Baie de Bourgneuf	FR	0.3 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Pornic
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pornic

Type of weather in Pornic	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam