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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.0526,Lat: 38.7155
Elevation	223 meter above sea level
Local time	2:56:09am
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Benissa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Martes	1.3 km	West
2 Senija	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Cometa	2.1 km	North
4 Benissa	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Mequinenza	4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	376 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	437 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	554 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Guadalest (1.5 km² at a height of around 382 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 427.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 598 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 46%, hill: 53%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Valencia Airport (at a distance of 98 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Nature

21.9 km2

27.9%

Agriculture

33.8 km2

43%

Viticulture

16.8 km2

21.3%

Urban area

5.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benissa in country Spain

Benissa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	83 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	92 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture	Spain	122 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riu Gorgos	ES	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benissa

Type of weather in Benissa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam