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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5612,Lat: 42.4357
Elevation	780 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:52pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ardón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villavidel	1.7 km	East
2 Campo de Villavidel	2.8 km	East
3 Cabreros del Río	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Villalobar	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Valdevimbre	4.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	275 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	506 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	583 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 118 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Selga de Ordas (0.7 km² at a height of around 964 meter above sea level) at a distance of 39.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 97.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 76%, moderate high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 240 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

12.4%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

65 km2

82.8%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

2.9%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ardón in country Spain

Ardón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	100 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	106 km	North
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	123 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Páramo Leonés	ES	2 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardón

Type of weather in Ardón	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam