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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.7665,Lat: 40.8409
Elevation	696 meter above sea level
Local time	0:18:21am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Paiva
Name	Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila Nova de Paiva	3 km	East
2 Queiriga	4.1 km	South
3 Alhais	5.1 km	East
4 Vila Cova à Coelheira	5.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Vila de Um Santo	5.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	260 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	350 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	565 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 72 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 Vilar (6.1 km² at a height of around 551 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 72.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 82%, moderate high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

18.4%

Nature

40.1 km2

51.1%

Agriculture

21.8 km2

27.7%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fráguas in country Portugal

Fráguas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	29 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	80 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	81 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Nova de Paiva Municipality

Type of weather in Vila Nova de Paiva Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam