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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3813,Lat: 41.51
Elevation	290 meter above sea level
Local time	19:20:18pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Sande São Lourenço e Balazar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carvalhal	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Cimo de Vila	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pontes	2.3 km	SouthEast
4 Pedrais	2.6 km	East
5 Rechã	2.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	314 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	416 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	654 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction West).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 19.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 41%, hill: 57%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 38 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.1 km2

23.1%

Nature

15.7 km2

20%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.9%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

12.3 km2

15.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruzes in country Portugal

Cruzes 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	5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	11 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	45 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	19 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caldelas

Type of weather in Caldelas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam