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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6351,Lat: 42.0241
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	19:50:04pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valença
Name	Valença, Cristelo Covo e Arão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Conguedo e Balagota	2.1 km	South
2 A Estrada	2.4 km	NorthWest
3 Real	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Tui	2.9 km	North
5 A Bouza Valada	3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	368 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	455 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	715 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Spain.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 71%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 86 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 23 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.2 km2

23.2%

Nature

14.7 km2

18.7%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

41.7%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valença in country Portugal

Valença 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	57 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	71 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	95 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura	PT	1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valenza

Type of weather in Valenza	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam