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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0801,Lat: 45.6503
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	12:02:28pm
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Saint-Palais-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vaux-sur-Mer	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Saint-Augustin	2.8 km	North
3 Royan	4.4 km	SouthEast
4 Breuillet	5.2 km	NorthEast
5 Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan	5.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	403 km	North
2 Andorra	Andorra	408 km	SouthSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	438 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Saint-Palais-sur-Mer lies at the Bay of Biscay (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 48.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 261.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 366 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Royan et la côte de Beauté - Zones littorales (marais et terres hautes)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.2 km2

31.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

18 km2

32.9%

Urban area

16.1 km2

29.5%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer in country France

Saint-Palais-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	10 km	SouthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	99 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	111 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Presqu'ile d'Arvert	FR	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Palais-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:25 Europe/Amsterdam