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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5295,Lat: 41.4321
Elevation	106 meter above sea level
Local time	21:27:24pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Famalicão
Name	Lemenhe, Mouquim e Jesufrei

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ançariz	0.9 km	SouthEast
2 Souto	1 km	North
3 Barradas	1.2 km	SouthWest
4 Monte do Louro	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Aldeia Nova	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	304 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	426 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	652 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 20 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 34.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 52.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 24 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.8 km2

25.2%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54.1%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

13.3 km2

17%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gandra in country Portugal

Gandra 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	EastNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	20 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	33 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	21 km	WestNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Louro

Type of weather in Louro	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam