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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1113,Lat: 43.5013
Elevation	104 meter above sea level
Local time	8:34:55am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pravia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Agones	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Santianes del Rey Silo	1 km	East
3 Pravia	1.4 km	South
4 Los Cabos	1.7 km	NorthEast
5 Peñaullán	1.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	399 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	583 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	634 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Priañes (0.9 km² at a height of around 78 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 174.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 244 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 55%, hill: 38%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 198 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 9.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Nature

3.8 km2

4.9%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

25.6 km2

32.6%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bances in country Spain

Bances at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	27 km	SouthEast
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	31 km	WestSouthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	126 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo Busto-Luanco	ES	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pravia

Type of weather in Pravia	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam