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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.7652,Lat: 43.5896
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	0:59:47am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carreño

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Antromero	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Condres	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lluanco/Luanco	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Xivares	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 La Arena	4.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	394 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	605 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	608 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Candás lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction East).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 la Granda (0.6 km² at a height of around 31 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 191.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 268 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 227 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

25.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

30.6 km2

64.8%

Urban area

3.4 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Candás in country Spain

Candás 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	26 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	59 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	136 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de Cabo Peñas	ES	2.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matiella

Type of weather in Matiella	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam