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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.4796,Lat: 40.543
Elevation	85 meter above sea level
Local time	6:58:33am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Tarragona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcanar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casa Roig	2 km	WestNorthWest
2 La Marjola	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Les Cases D'Alcanar	4.3 km	East
4 Ulldecona	6.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Sector J	7.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	234 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	354 km	West
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	673 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de la Encañizada (l'Encanyissada) (5.1 km² at a distance of 17.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 224.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 314 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 88%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 158 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (at a distance of 50 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.1 km2

16.9%

Agriculture

57.7 km2

80.4%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcanar in country Spain

Alcanar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	91 km	NorthEast
2 Poblet Monastery	Spain	105 km	NorthEast
3 Mudejar Architecture of Aragon	Spain	137 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra de Montsià	ES	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcanar

Type of weather in Alcanar	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam