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Best for beginners
27 places in France have at least one spot marked for beginners, and a school: Bassin d'Arcachon, La Tranche-sur-Mer (Vendée), Bretagne — Isthme de Penthievre to Petite Mer de Gavres, Corsica - Bonifacio and 23 more. Between them, 62 beginner spots and 149 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
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7 of its 12 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 45%, Feb 37%, Mar 47%, Apr 58%, May 53%, Jun 43%, Jul 52%, Aug 55%, Sep 33%, Oct 44%, Nov 52%, Dec 44%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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8 of its 11 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 76%, Feb 53%, Mar 58%, Apr 62%, May 65%, Jun 53%, Jul 52%, Aug 53%, Sep 45%, Oct 58%, Nov 62%, Dec 63%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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3 of its 6 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 63%, Feb 53%, Mar 79%, Apr 65%, May 71%, Jun 58%, Jul 60%, Aug 58%, Sep 52%, Oct 52%, Nov 58%, Dec 71%.
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4 of its 6 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 60%, Feb 46%, Mar 53%, Apr 53%, May 39%, Jun 43%, Jul 44%, Aug 40%, Sep 47%, Oct 48%, Nov 60%, Dec 45%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 5 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 60%, Feb 67%, Mar 66%, Apr 67%, May 50%, Jun 55%, Jul 48%, Aug 58%, Sep 47%, Oct 34%, Nov 58%, Dec 65%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 5 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 45%, Feb 21%, Mar 55%, Apr 45%, May 26%, Jun 40%, Jul 39%, Aug 23%, Sep 37%, Oct 40%, Nov 50%, Dec 40%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 4 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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3 of its 4 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 56%, Feb 44%, Mar 65%, Apr 50%, Oct 35%, Nov 57%, Dec 56%. No figure for May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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4 of its 4 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 35%, Feb 23%, Mar 40%, Apr 40%, May 19%, Jun 20%, Jul 16%, Aug 21%, Sep 27%, Oct 21%, Nov 28%. No figure for Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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1 of its 4 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 3 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 40%, Apr 43%, May 26%, Jun 30%, Jul 29%, Aug 23%, Sep 37%, Oct 37%, Nov 33%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 55%, Mar 56%, Apr 50%, May 34%, Jun 43%, Sep 38%, Oct 42%, Dec 50%. No figure for Feb, Jul, Aug, Nov. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
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3 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 55%, Mar 68%, Apr 57%, May 63%, Jul 60%, Aug 52%, Oct 52%, Dec 63%. No figure for Feb, Jun, Sep, Nov.
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2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 63%, Feb 56%, Mar 63%, Apr 65%, May 42%, Jun 47%, Jul 50%, Aug 40%, Sep 48%, Oct 45%, Nov 52%, Dec 50%. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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3 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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3 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 73%, Feb 75%, Mar 82%, Apr 77%, May 74%, Jun 50%, Jul 60%, Aug 58%, Oct 58%, Nov 67%, Dec 81%. No figure for Sep.
1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: May 52%, Jun 28%, Jul 34%, Aug 31%, Sep 25%, Oct 42%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec. In season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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1 of its 2 spots is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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1 of its 1 spot is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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1 of its 1 spot is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
"Le Grau du Roi-Plage de l'Espiguette-20210213.jpg" by Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; beginners is the column you are on
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for France where there is one - 5 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Beginners nearby
BelgiumNetherlandsGermanySpainUnited Kingdom
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Belgium 476 km, Netherlands 659 km, Germany 758 km, Spain 860 km, United Kingdom 887 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots is marked as suitable for beginners and the place has at least one kite school in the atlas. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.