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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5813,Lat: 41.5542
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	10:43:22am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Galegos (Santa Maria)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Magrou	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cachada	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cristoi, Lage e Souto do Casal	0.8 km	SouthWest
4 Penelas	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Igreja	1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	316 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	666 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.8%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.9%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.6%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Traz da Fonte in country Portugal

Traz da Fonte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	17 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	27 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	16 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Trás da Fonte

Type of weather in Trás da Fonte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam