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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.7739,Lat: 41.0189
Elevation	562 meter above sea level
Local time	15:16:02pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tarouca
Name	Tarouca e Dálvares

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Esporões	0.6 km	West
2 Castanheiro do Ouro	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Valverde	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Dálvares	2 km	NorthEast
5 Mondim da Beira	2.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	277 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	354 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	583 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 73 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 da Varosa (1 km² at a height of around 263 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 61%, moderate high mountains: 28%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 81 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.1 km2

15.4%

Nature

24.3 km2

31%

Agriculture

36.5 km2

46.5%

Viticulture

4 km2

5.1%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tarouca in country Portugal

Tarouca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	9.5 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	65 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	72 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montemuro	PT	4.4 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dálvares

Type of weather in Dálvares	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam