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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6992,Lat: 41.9683
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	17:37:09pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Cerveira
Name	Campos e Vila Meã

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cabreira	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Quinta	0.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lagoa	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Rego	0.9 km	NorthWest
5 Sobreiro	1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	361 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	458 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	712 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Spain.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 73%, hill: 15%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 80 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.1 km2

28.1%

Nature

12.5 km2

15.9%

Agriculture

32.6 km2

41.5%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Couto in country Portugal

Couto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	54 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	68 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	92 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura	PT	1.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forcadela

Type of weather in Forcadela	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam