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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.6797,Lat: 41.4948
Elevation	954 meter above sea level
Local time	22:25:26pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Name	Alvão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lixa do Alvão	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Soutelo de Aguiar	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Fontes	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Vila Pouca de Aguiar	3 km	East
5 Parada de Aguiar	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	329 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	360 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	629 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 90 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 do Alto Rabagão (18.4 km² at a height of around 879 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 37.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 77%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 88 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

13.3%

Nature

31.9 km2

40.6%

Agriculture

32 km2

40.7%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Paredes do Alvão in country Portugal

Paredes do Alvão at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	45 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	51 km	West
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	59 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Paredes do Alvão
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality

Type of weather in Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam