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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8827,Lat: 40.1672
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	22:04:35pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Buarcos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Serradinho	0.8 km	North
2 Fonte Nova	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Praia de Buarcos	1.4 km	SouthEast
4 Monte Alto	1.6 km	NorthEast
5 Senhora da Encarnação	1.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	161 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	444 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	548 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Buarcos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 12.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 128.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 80%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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

4.4 km2

10.5%

Nature

14 km2

33.4%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

19.8%

Urban area

9 km2

21.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buarcos in country Portugal

Buarcos 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	39 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	57 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	69 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Mira, Gândara e Gafanhas	PT	0.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buarcos

Type of weather in Buarcos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam