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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.258,Lat: 42.113
Elevation	141 meter above sea level
Local time	23:02:16pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melgaço
Name	Vila e Roussas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Estación	3.4 km	West
2 O Pazo	4.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 A Granxa	4.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Crecente	5.1 km	NorthEast
5 Felgueiras	5.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	382 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	430 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	711 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Spain.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 43%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 33 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

37.7%

Nature

17.2 km2

21.9%

Agriculture

24.8 km2

31.6%

Viticulture

3.7 km2

4.7%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melgaço in country Portugal

Melgaço 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	63 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	74 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	89 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Minho	PT	0.7 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melgaço Municipality

Type of weather in Melgaço Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam