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LocationFrance
Aquitaine
Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures
N side of: D674 (in lay-by at junction with D21 )
Distance (S) from Greenwich
WGS84 lat/long45.115090, -0.011341
TypeBoulder
Marking date1 Jan 2000
AccessUnrestricted
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29 May 2013

Although the majority of individuals and organisations who have marked the meridian have tried to establish the position of the Line as accurately as possible, the nearest kilometre seems to have been good enough for the commune of Les Églisottes who selected a site located about 900m west of the WGS84 meridian for their marking.