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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8385,Lat: 40.6084
Elevation	779 meter above sea level
Local time	16:32:34pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Almeida
Name	Vilar Formoso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nuevo Poblado	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Colonia de la Estacion	1.6 km	SouthEast
3 Fuentes de Oñoro	2.9 km	SouthEast
4 Freineda	5.3 km	West
5 La Alameda de Gardón	8.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	270 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	284 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	513 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 151 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Maria de Aguiar (1.9 km² at a height of around 619 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.5 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 172 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 90 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.1 km2

14.1%

Nature

29.6 km2

37.7%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44.1%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilar Formoso in country Portugal

Vilar Formoso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	18 km	EastNorthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	99 km	NorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	106 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Campo de Azaba - ZEPA	ES	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilar Formoso

Type of weather in Vilar Formoso	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam