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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1437,Lat: 41.098
Elevation	411 meter above sea level
Local time	10:36:13am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Marco de Canaveses
Name	Penhalonga e Paços de Gaiolo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ladário e Refojos	1.2 km	NorthWest
2 Mato	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nogueiras	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 São Sebastião e Mata Salgada	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Salgueiros e Prado	2.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	275 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	386 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	604 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 43 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 Carrapatelo (7 km² at a height of around 46 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 78.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 23%, hill: 61%, low mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Douro

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.3 km2

13.1%

Nature

23.9 km2

30.4%

Agriculture

39.4 km2

50.1%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.5%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piares in country Portugal

Piares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	29 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	40 km	WestNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	41 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montemuro	PT	5.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piares

Type of weather in Piares	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam