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Praia de Cortegaça

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.653,Lat: 40.9427
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	21:34:29pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ovar
Name	Cortegaça

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rodelo	1.6 km	East
2 Praia	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Boavista	1.9 km	SouthEast
4 Matosinhos de Baixo	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Cortegaça	2.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	248 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	426 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	609 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia de Cortegaça lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Paramos (0.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 104.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

46.9%

Nature

1.4 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

10%

Urban area

11.2 km2

25.5%

Infrastructure

3.8 km2

8.7%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia de Cortegaça in country Portugal

Praia de Cortegaça at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	63 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	71 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	0.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cortegaça

Type of weather in Cortegaça	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam