Mont Saint-Clair · 175 m · 6.5 km ESE

Lake · Occitania

Étang de Thau

0 m0 ft

Area: 68 km²
Max depth: 32 m
Tonight: 11°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW

Étang de Thau is a lake at 0 m above sea level in Occitania, France, 68 km² in area and 19.6 km long.

All facts

Length: 19.6 km
Shoreline: 97.4 km

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Lake

Étang de Thau in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap, surface from the 30 m terrain model.

Surface elevation: 0 m0 ft
Shoreline: 97.4 km

3D map

Étang de Thau 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Étang de Thau terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Étang de Thau elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Étang de Thau weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 11°C (52°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW

Étang de Thau forecast for about 0 m.

Tonight11°–19 km/h NW
Today10°16°–27 km/h NW
Sun10°19°–25 km/h W
Mon12°20°–25 km/h NW
Tue11°19°–19 km/h NW
Wed9°21°–22 km/h NW
Thu6°17°–5 km/h NW
Fri9°17°–9 km/h SW
Sat9°19°–23 km/h NW
Sun7°16°–31 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Étang de Thau

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Étang de Thau, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Parking des Remendeurs
2.0 km NW · +2 more within 1.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Beau Rivage - Ciela Village
2.4 km NNW · +2 more within 5.5 km
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Nearest caravan site
La Noisette d'Oc
3.5 km W · +2 more within 4.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	1.9 km NW
Parking	1.9 km NW
Parking des RemendeursParking	2.0 km NW
Camping Beau Rivage - Ciela VillageCampsite	2.4 km NNW
La Noisette d'OcCaravan site	3.5 km W
Camping municipal de LoupianCampsite	3.9 km N
Camping-Car Park MèzeCaravan site	4.2 km NW
Emplacement pour camping-car des 3 DiguesCaravan site	4.9 km S
Camping Lou LabechCampsite	5.5 km NE

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 240 m low point -8 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 34.9%Grassland 23.3%Trees 11.7%Cropland 10.4%Shrubland 9.8%Built-up 8.3%Wetland 0.9%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Étang de Thau.

Summit list 5

1Puech Redon53 m 3.6 km NNE
2Le Truc60 m 3.7 km NNE
3Puech d'Ampalou48 m 3.9 km N
4Puech Badieu70 m 4.5 km NNW
5Mont Saint-Clair176 m 6.5 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 2,800 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black Goby307
Peacock Blenny294
Dendrodoris limbata283
Mediterranean Fanworm223
Yellow-legged Gull211
European Bee-eater202

Where it sits

Where Étang de Thau sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Col de BanyulsPass · 361 m117 km SSW

Downloads

Étang de Thau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGÉtang de Thau satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-13.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-13)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Étang de Thau

West → east through the centre

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