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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7429,Lat: 41.5
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	22:23:41pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Esposende
Name	Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alapela	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Agra	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Outeiro	0.8 km	East
4 Matelinho	0.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Capela	2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	309 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	445 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	667 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 29 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

30.9%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

35.5 km2

50.2%

Urban area

7.8 km2

11%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruz in country Portugal

Cruz 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	31 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	38 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	41 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lugar da Igreja Paço

Type of weather in Lugar da Igreja Paço	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam