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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7341,Lat: 41.3111
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	22:51:17pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila do Conde
Name	Mindelo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paredes/Moimenta	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Covelo	1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Burgal	1 km	SouthEast
4 Areias	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Fonte	1.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	288 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	440 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	649 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Areia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 63.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly western 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
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

22.5%

Nature

1.3 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

19.8 km2

45.3%

Urban area

10.2 km2

23.4%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

4.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Areia in country Portugal

Areia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	21 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	39 km	East
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	40 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	18 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Areia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fajozes

Type of weather in Fajozes	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam