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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1759,Lat: 41.2229
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	20:03:35pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penafiel
Name	Castelões

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Agrela	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ladário	0.9 km	South
3 Volta de Água	1 km	North
4 Boavista	1.2 km	SouthEast
5 Outeiro	1.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	287 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	392 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	618 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 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 Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 65.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 91 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 40%, hill: 60%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 43 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.5 km2

12%

Nature

20.8 km2

26.5%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

48.8%

Viticulture

3.8 km2

4.8%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braguezes in country Portugal

Braguezes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	27 km	North
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	35 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	38 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	13 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castelões

Type of weather in Castelões	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam