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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3337,Lat: 40.7052
Elevation	747 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:39pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Salamanca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castraz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alba de Yeltes	4 km	South
2 Sancti-Spíritus	5.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bocacara	6.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dios le Guarde	7.3 km	South
5 Martín de Yeltes	8.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	228 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	322 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	513 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 193 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Águeda (1.2 km² at a height of around 639 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 91%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 75 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.9 km2

50.8%

Nature

25.7 km2

32.7%

Agriculture

8.1 km2

10.3%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castraz in country Spain

Castraz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	28 km	West
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	63 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	132 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas de los Ríos Huebra, Yeltes, Uces y afluentes	ES	1 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castraz

Type of weather in Castraz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam