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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.1007,Lat: 42.1189
Elevation	876 meter above sea level
Local time	21:19:28pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Barcelona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alpens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les LLoses	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sant Agustí de Lluçanès	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sora	5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Santa Eulàlia de Puig-oriol	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Salselles	6.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	64 km	NorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	470 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	518 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de la Baells (Pantà de la Baells) (1.9 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.3 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Monteixo with a height of 2904 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 36 km (direction East). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 26.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 72%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pyrenees

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

60.3 km2

76.7%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

13.8 km2

17.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alpens in country Spain

Alpens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	59 km	NorthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	78 km	South
3 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	81 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riera de Merlès	ES	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alpens

Type of weather in Alpens	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam