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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2526,Lat: 40.7342
Elevation	312 meter above sea level
Local time	10:03:32am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oliveira de Frades
Name	Arcozelo das Maias

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Porcelhe	0.7 km	North
2 Arcozelo das Maias	2 km	West
3 Nespereira	2.1 km	SouthEast
4 Pinheiro de Lafões	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Covelo	4.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	234 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	390 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	572 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 115.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 161 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 21%, hill: 62%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 68 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 31 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.8 km2

55.8%

Nature

10.7 km2

13.6%

Agriculture

22.9 km2

29.1%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Cruz in country Portugal

Santa Cruz 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	55 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	55 km	NorthEast
3 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	60 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serras da Freita e Arada	PT	7.4 km	NorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Santa Cruz
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arcozelo das Maias

Type of weather in Arcozelo das Maias	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam