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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.6955,Lat: 40.6774
Elevation	462 meter above sea level
Local time	7:09:23am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penalva do Castelo
Name	Ínsua

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Insua	0.8 km	West
2 Sereia/Calvário	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Casal de Cima	3.3 km	North
4 Roriz	3.9 km	West
5 Bairro de São João	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	247 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	343 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	545 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 78 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Fagilde (0.8 km² at a height of around 309 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 73.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 65%, low mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 17 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.6 km2

24.9%

Nature

16.8 km2

21.3%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44%

Viticulture

6.5 km2

8.2%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penalva do Castelo in country Portugal

Penalva do Castelo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	48 km	North
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	80 km	WestSouthWest
3 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	88 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	17 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Penalva do Castelo Municipality

Type of weather in Penalva do Castelo Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam