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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4906,Lat: 40.5676
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	0:47:08am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Águeda
Name	Recardães e Espinhel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Piedade	1.1 km	South
2 Crasto	1.1 km	SouthEast
3 Oronhe	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Póvoa das Laceiras	1.6 km	SouthEast
5 Casainho de Baixo	1.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	210 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	409 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	566 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 130 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.7 km2

25.1%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44.1%

Urban area

15.4 km2

19.6%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Espinhel in country Portugal

Espinhel 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	40 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	65 km	North
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	82 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	0.1 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Espinhel

Type of weather in Espinhel	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam