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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6765,Lat: 42.8533
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	20:59:02pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Brión

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Liñares	0.8 km	NorthWest
2 Guitiande	0.8 km	East
3 O Tremo	1.1 km	East
4 Lamiño	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Perros	1.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	459 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	500 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	801 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 87.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 61%, hill: 39%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 55 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.8 km2

46.8%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

46.6%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alqueidón in country Spain

Alqueidón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	11 km	East
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	63 km	NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	93 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sistema fluvial Ulla - Deza	ES	1.6 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brión

Type of weather in Brión	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam