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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.632,Lat: 41.5205
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	22:40:09pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Barcelinhos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Igreja	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vila Chã	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Quintão e Trigais	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Porto Carreiro	1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Souto	1.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	312 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	437 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	665 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 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 36.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 92%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 30 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.4 km2

32.3%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

34 km2

43.2%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

13.4 km2

17.1%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mereces in country Portugal

Mereces 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	22 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	30 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	42 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	12 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barcelinhos

Type of weather in Barcelinhos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam