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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6377,Lat: 41.3985
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	0:28:15am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Varzim
Name	Balazar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casal	0.7 km	North
2 Calvário	1.2 km	East
3 Casais	1.2 km	West
4 Gestrins	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Vila Pouca	2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	299 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	653 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction West).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 38.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 56.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 17 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.8%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

47.9 km2

61%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vela in country Portugal

Vela 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	28 km	EastNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	29 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	29 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	14 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Praça

Type of weather in Praça	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam