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13 places in France have both a flat-water spot and a wave spot: Bassin d'Arcachon, La Tranche-sur-Mer (Vendée), Bretagne — Isthme de Penthievre to Petite Mer de Gavres, Corsica - Bonifacio and 9 more. Between them, 42 matching spots and 90 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
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8 of its 12 spots are flat water or waves
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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3 of its 11 spots are flat water or waves
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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4 of its 6 spots are flat water or waves
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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3 of its 6 spots are flat water or waves
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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5 of its 5 spots are flat water or waves
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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4 of its 4 spots are flat water or waves
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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2 of its 3 spots are flat water or waves
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3 of its 3 spots are flat water or waves
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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1 of its 3 spots is flat water or waves
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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3 of its 3 spots are flat water or waves
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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2 of its 2 spots are flat water or waves
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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2 of its 2 spots are flat water or waves
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.
2 of its 2 spots are flat water or waves
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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the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves and flat 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.
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The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Netherlands 659 km, Germany 758 km, Spain 860 km, Italy 902 km, Portugal 1,159 km.
A place is here when it holds both a flat or lagoon spot and a wave spot, so a session can go either way without moving town. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.