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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4523,Lat: 40.9957
Elevation	799 meter above sea level
Local time	3:18:46am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penedono
Name	Castainço

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chosendo	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Granja	4.6 km	East
3 Riodades	4.8 km	NorthWest
4 Penedono	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Penela da Beira	5.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	287 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	327 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	570 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 Vilar (6.1 km² at a height of around 551 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 61%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 39 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Nature

49.8 km2

63.4%

Agriculture

27.1 km2

34.5%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castainço in country Portugal

Castainço at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	32 km	NorthWest
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	75 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	87 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	16 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castainço

Type of weather in Castainço	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam