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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2246,Lat: 41.2825
Elevation	245 meter above sea level
Local time	7:39:05am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lousada
Name	Vilar do Torno e Alentém

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soutelo	0.5 km	North
2 Barreiros	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Barreiros	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Sobreira/Lage	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Agrela	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	292 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	397 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	626 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 40 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 Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 58.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 15%, hill: 85%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 38 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8 km2

10.2%

Nature

12.9 km2

16.4%

Agriculture

42.4 km2

54%

Viticulture

5.6 km2

7.2%

Urban area

7.3 km2

9.3%

Infrastructure

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Formigal in country Portugal

Formigal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	19 km	North
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	33 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	36 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	17 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Figueiró (Santa Cristina)

Type of weather in Figueiró (Santa Cristina)	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam