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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8921,Lat: 40.182
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	14:29:35pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Buarcos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Serradinho	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Fonte Nova	1.3 km	SouthEast
3 Monte Alto	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Buarcos	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Senhora da Encarnação	2.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	162 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	444 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	550 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vais lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 130 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 87%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7 km2

18.1%

Nature

13.8 km2

36.1%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

21.3%

Urban area

6.3 km2

16.4%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vais in country Portugal

Vais at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	40 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	59 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	70 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Mira, Gândara e Gafanhas	PT	0.8 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buarcos

Type of weather in Buarcos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam