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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8539,Lat: 40.1221
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	18:38:56pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	São Pedro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cabedelo	2.1 km	North
2 Casal da Fonte	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Boavista	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Salmanha	3.3 km	NorthEast
5 Figueira da Foz	3.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	156 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	442 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	543 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gala lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 124.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 174 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 41%, low location: 59%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 125 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.5 km2

17.9%

Nature

2.6 km2

4.8%

Wet nature

10.7 km2

20.1%

Agriculture

11.7 km2

22%

Urban area

10 km2

18.8%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

2.7 km2

Water - Lakes

4.9 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gala in country Portugal

Gala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	38 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	52 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	64 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	0.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Figueira da Foz Municipality

Type of weather in Figueira da Foz Municipality	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam