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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7518,Lat: 41.4539
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	20:03:19pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Varzim
Name	Estela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barros	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Baldoia	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Contriz	0.8 km	NorthEast
4 Frinjo	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Teso	1.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	304 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	445 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	663 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 48 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly western 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 24 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.8 km2

20.6%

Nature

4 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

36.9 km2

59.3%

Urban area

6.3 km2

10.1%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urzes in country Portugal

Urzes 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	33 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	37 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	38 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Estela

Type of weather in Estela	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam