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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7272,Lat: 40.3411
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	6:58:49am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cantanhede
Name	Tocha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrins de Cima	1.3 km	SouthWest
2 Caniceira	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Queixada da Raposa	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Fervença de Baixo	2.4 km	NorthEast
5 Carreiros	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	430 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	556 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 127.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 178 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Nature

2.4 km2

Agriculture

30.8 km2

39.2%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Escoural in country Portugal

Escoural 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	30 km	SouthEast
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	76 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	86 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Mira, Gândara e Gafanhas	PT	2.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tavaredes

Type of weather in Tavaredes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam