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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.42,Lat: 49.2174
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	3:04:02am
Name province/region (Région)	Basse-Normandie
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Calvados
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caen
Name	Saint-Contest

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Authie	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villons-les-Buissons	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Cairon	2.6 km	NorthWest
5 Cambes-en-Plaine	3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	123 km	West
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	156 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	204 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Seine coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Seine. The nearest bigger lake is Bassin Théophile Ducrocq (1.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 281.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 394 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Une campagne aux horizons courts et rongée par l'urbanisation : la campagne de Caen septentrionale -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Paris-Orly Airport (at a distance of 212 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Caen-Carpiquet Airport (at a distance of 5.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Agriculture

53.8 km2

68.4%

Urban area

22.1 km2

28.2%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Contest in country France

Saint-Contest at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret	France	49 km	EastNorthEast
2 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	103 km	WestSouthWest
3 Chartres Cathedral	France	164 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anciennes carrires de la valle de la Mue	FR	5.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Contest

Type of weather in Saint-Contest	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam