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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2537,Lat: 40.2134
Elevation	141 meter above sea level
Local time	13:55:01pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Poiares
Name	Poiares (Santo André)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila Nova de Poiares	0.4 km	SouthWest
2 Risca Silva	0.5 km	East
3 Ferreira	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Vendinha	1.4 km	South
5 Entroncamento	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	180 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	390 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	522 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Fronhas (1.5 km² at a height of around 133 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 86.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 60%, hill: 40%, 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 121 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

35.2%

Nature

29.4 km2

37.4%

Agriculture

19.2 km2

24.4%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Catraia das Necessidades in country Portugal

Catraia das Necessidades 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	15 km	WestNorthWest
2 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	69 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	78 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Lousã	PT	7.9 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Poiares

Type of weather in Poiares	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam