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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7268,Lat: 41.2747
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:55am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila do Conde
Name	Labruge

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Calvelhe	0.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Pinhal	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Moreiró	0.8 km	North
4 Outeiro	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Granja	1.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	284 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	438 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	645 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 67.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly western 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
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 4.9 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.9 km2

18.5%

Nature

1.1 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

24.1 km2

56.2%

Urban area

7.3 km2

17.1%

Infrastructure

1 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia in country Portugal

Praia 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	18 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	41 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	42 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	20 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Praia
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Praia
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Labruge

Type of weather in Labruge	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam