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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.7115,Lat: 45.6368
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	22:13:31pm
Name province/region	Poitou-Charentes
Name Subregion	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saintes
Name	Rioux

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montpellier-de-Médillan	2.6 km	West
2 Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Cravans	4.4 km	South
4 Tesson	4.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saint-André-de-Lidon	5.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	392 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	411 km	North
3 Paris	France	424 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Garonne coastal: Seudre, Charente, part of the larger catchment area Adour-Garonne. The nearest bigger lake is Étang d'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 56.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 267.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 374 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La campagne de Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult - Gémozac - Plaines vallonnées et/ou boisées

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

12.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

64.6 km2

82.4%

Viticulture

2.5 km2

3.1%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rioux in country France

Rioux at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	36 km	West
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	89 km	South
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	94 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute valle de la Seugne en amont de pons et affluents	FR	7.8 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrondissement de Saintes

Type of weather in Arrondissement de Saintes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam