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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7285,Lat: 42.8165
Elevation	898 meter above sea level
Local time	16:20:06pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Candín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bárcena de la Abadía	8.6 km	SouthEast
2 Fabero	10.1 km	SouthEast
3 Peranzanes	10.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lillo del Bierzo	10.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Sésamo	10.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	370 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	494 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	678 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 82 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Matalavilla (1.8 km² at a height of around 960 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Rubia with a height of 1822 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 91.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 128 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 85%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 138 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 92 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.9 km2

24.1%

Nature

55.2 km2

70.4%

Agriculture

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Candín in country Spain

Candín at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	39 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	63 km	NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	71 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de los Ancares	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Candín

Type of weather in Candín	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam