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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5943,Lat: 41.6478
Elevation	455 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:46pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chaves
Name	Vidago, Arcossó, Selhariz, Vilarinho Paranheiras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vidago	2.2 km	SouthEast
2 Vilarinho das Paranheiras	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Anelhe	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Pinho	3.6 km	NorthWest
5 Capeludos	3.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	347 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	359 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	643 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 100 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Alto Rabagão (18.4 km² at a height of around 879 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 20.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22 km2

28.1%

Nature

25.5 km2

32.4%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

29.4%

Viticulture

5.1 km2

6.4%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcossó in country Portugal

Arcossó at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	62 km	West
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	63 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	66 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	11 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arcossó

Type of weather in Arcossó	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam