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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8135,Lat: 42.6467
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	6:26:27am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rianxo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rianxo	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rianxiño	0.9 km	NorthEast
3 Brión	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 O Pazo	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 O Barral	2.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	436 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	498 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	785 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

As Cortes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).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 23.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 67.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 49 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

33.8%

Nature

3.4 km2

7.7%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

Agriculture

21.3 km2

48.2%

Urban area

1 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Cortes in country Spain

As Cortes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	34 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	88 km	NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	110 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	5.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rianxo

Type of weather in Rianxo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam