Cities far from wind turbines

Wind turbine sensitivity is documented in peer-reviewed literature and recognised by several national health agencies. The French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) published findings in 2017 on low-frequency noise and infrasound from wind farms. The legal minimum separation distance in France is 500 metres under ICPE regulations; precautionary medical recommendations from various European experts range from 1.5 km to 5 km depending on individual sensitivity.

ClearSpot's wind turbine module uses data from OpenStreetMap, the French Georisques/OREOL registry, and EMODnet offshore wind farm data. It calculates the distance from each city's centre to the nearest documented turbine and converts this into a pressure score based on your chosen sensitivity threshold (default: 1.5 km).

The 50 cities below have no documented wind turbines within the default ClearSpot radius, or have turbines only at distances where pressure is modelled as negligible. Scores reflect the database as of May 2026. New turbine installations may not be reflected immediately - data is updated weekly from open sources.