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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1257,Lat: 45.5114
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	13:02:38pm
Name province/region	Aquitaine
Name Subregion	Gironde
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lesparre-Médoc
Name	Soulac-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Le Verdon-sur-Mer	6.7 km	NorthEast
2 Talais	7.6 km	SouthEast
3 Grayan-et-l'Hôpital	10.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc	11.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Vensac	13.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	397 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Helier	Jersey	418 km	North
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	452 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Soulac-sur-Mer lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthWest).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'Hourtin (31.9 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 245.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 343 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 62%, low location: 38%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La pointe de Grave - Les paysages du Médoc et de l'Estuaire

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

23.3%

Nature

1 km2

2.1%

Wet nature

5.5 km2

12.1%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

43.5%

Urban area

4.9 km2

10.9%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Soulac-sur-Mer in country France

Soulac-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	9.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	87 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	103 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuaire de la Gironde	FR	0.7 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Soulac-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Soulac-sur-Mer	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam