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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7648,Lat: 42.2153
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	19:45:04pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Sobreira	0.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Barreiro	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 A Ameixeira	0.5 km	NorthWest
4 Viña Grande	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 As Pereiras	0.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	388 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	739 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Fonte lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 21.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 79%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

25.9%

Agriculture

3.6 km2

8.4%

Urban area

26.4 km2

61%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Fonte in country Spain

A Fonte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	76 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	81 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	95 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Coia

Type of weather in Coia	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam