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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.429,Lat: 41.7478
Elevation	354 meter above sea level
Local time	13:53:55pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chaves
Name	Faiões

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eiras	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Santo Estêvão	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ribeira das Avelãs	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 São Lourenço	2.9 km	South
5 Chaves	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	350 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	363 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	649 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 115 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Alto Rabagão (18.4 km² at a height of around 879 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 6.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 58 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.5%

Nature

10.1 km2

12.8%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.2%

Viticulture

5.7 km2

7.3%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faiões in country Portugal

Faiões at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	78 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	79 km	WestSouthWest
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	81 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Támega	ES	6.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faiões

Type of weather in Faiões	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam