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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.3436,Lat: 41.4292
Elevation	548 meter above sea level
Local time	0:45:43am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Bragança
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mirandela
Name	Franco e Vila Boa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pereira	3.5 km	SouthEast
2 Avidagos	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lamas de Orelhão	4.6 km	East
4 Vales	4.6 km	North
5 Palheiros	5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	330 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	334 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	613 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 da Valeira (2.9 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 47%, low mountains: 46%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 113 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 36 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

9.9%

Nature

27.5 km2

35%

Agriculture

43 km2

54.8%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Franco in country Portugal

Franco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	52 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	79 km	WestNorthWest
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	88 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Romeu	PT	18 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Murça Municipality

Type of weather in Murça Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam