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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5904,Lat: 41.5215
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	19:18:26pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Gamil e Midões

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pena	0.5 km	West
2 Moinhos	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Estrada	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Cruzeiro	1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Gandra	1.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	313 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	664 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 45.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 91%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22 km2

28%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

36.5 km2

46.5%

Viticulture

1.5 km2

1.9%

Urban area

13.4 km2

17%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alconchel in country Portugal

Alconchel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	18 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	26 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	42 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	15 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barcelos Municipality

Type of weather in Barcelos Municipality	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam