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Vila Franca da Serra

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5411,Lat: 40.5869
Elevation	403 meter above sea level
Local time	14:52:45pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gouveia
Name	Vila Franca da Serra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fornos de Algodres	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ribamondego	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Vila Cortes da Serra	4.1 km	South
4 Vila Cova de Tavares	5.1 km	NorthWest
5 Torre de Tavares	5.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	245 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	329 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	531 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 92 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Caldeirão (1 km² at a height of around 701 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 59.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 34 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.4%

Nature

49.9 km2

63.4%

Agriculture

24 km2

30.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vila Franca da Serra in country Portugal

Vila Franca da Serra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	62 km	North
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	75 km	East
3 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	85 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Estrela	PT	4.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Franca da Serra

Type of weather in Vila Franca da Serra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam