Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Pays de la Loire
• Level 2: Département de la Vendée
• Level 3: Arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
• Level 4: Challans

Current local time in Challans:

09:01 AM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Challans on map:^[1]

Challans GPS coordinates^[2]

46° 50' 37.068" North, 1° 52' 29.676" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	47.32241°,	-2.57804°
Center:	46.84363°,	-1.87491°
Lower-right:	46.36054°,	-1.17179°
Map W x H:	106.9×106.9 km	= 66.4×66.4mi

max Lat:	51.07786°   ⇑56.7% North
Challans:	46.84363°
min Lat:	⇓43.3% South 41.3874°

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min Long	Challans	max Long
-5.08615°	-1.87491°	9.52242°
W 5.6%⇐		⇒94.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Challans is 11 m = 36 ft, and this is 182.7 m = 599 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	2333 m = 7654 ft	97%
Avg.	193.7 m = 635 ft
Challans	11 m = 36 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	3%

See also: France elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Challans is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 2192.7 km =1362.5 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Challans
North Pole	4798.5	2981.6	to North
Arctic Circle	2192.7	1362.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	2602.6	1617.2	to South
Equator	5208.5	3236.4	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Challans: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bois-de-Cené 10.4 km =6.5 mi, 355°
• Châteauneuf 9 km =5.6 mi, 339°
• Commequiers 9.6 km =6 mi, 163°
• Falleron 13.8 km =8.6 mi, 72°
• Froidfond 9.4 km =5.8 mi, 72°
• La Garnache 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 31°
• Le Perrier 9.4 km =5.8 mi, 253°
• Notre-Dame-de-Riez 11.3 km =7 mi, 193°
• Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 8.6 km =5.3 mi, 104°
• Saint-Gervais 11.6 km =7.2 mi, 303°
• Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie 12.2 km =7.6 mi, 161°
• Saint-Urbain 10.8 km =6.7 mi, 289°
• Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte 13.8 km =8.6 mi, 46°
• Sallertaine 6.4 km =4 mi, 286°
• Soullans 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 200°

In other languages:

• In Chinese: 沙朗