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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8632,Lat: 40.1634
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	13:26:43pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Buarcos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Praia de Buarcos	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tavarede	1.1 km	East
3 Senhora da Encarnação	1.3 km	North
4 Figueira da Foz	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Vila Robim	1.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	161 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	442 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	547 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Alto do Forno lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 126.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 178 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 79%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 121 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

12.1%

Nature

16.5 km2

29.6%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

6.7%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

19.9%

Urban area

10.8 km2

19.3%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

6.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alto do Forno in country Portugal

Alto do Forno at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	38 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	56 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	68 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Senhor da Arieira

Type of weather in Senhor da Arieira	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam