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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.898,Lat: 46.1422
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	8:36:07am
Name province/region (Région)	Poitou-Charentes
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Charente-Maritime
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochefort
Name	Virson

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bouhet	4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Saint-Christophe	4.1 km	West
3 Forges	4.2 km	South
4 Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis	4.3 km	SouthWest
5 Saint-Médard-d'Aunis	4.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	353 km	North
2 Paris	France	386 km	NorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	389 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 du Graon (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 56.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 317.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 444 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La plaine d'Aunis - Plaines de champs ouverts

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

74 km2

94.2%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virson in country France

Virson at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	65 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe	France	143 km	East
3 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	France	147 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais poitevin	FR	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saint-Médard-d'Aunis

Type of weather in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis	clear sky
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:25 Europe/Amsterdam