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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5949,Lat: 41.5396
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	21:16:17pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Tamel (São Veríssimo)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barreiras	0.3 km	SouthEast
2 Pontes	0.6 km	SouthWest
3 Igreja	0.9 km	NorthEast
4 Cristoi, Lage e Souto do Casal	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Cruzeiro	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	665 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western 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 33 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.5%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

13.6 km2

17.3%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fraião in country Portugal

Fraião at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	18 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	28 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	44 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	15 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arcozelo

Type of weather in Arcozelo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam