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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9946,Lat: 42.4099
Elevation	802 meter above sea level
Local time	14:36:11pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valderrey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carral	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Barrientos	1.9 km	East
3 Nistal	2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Riego de la Vega	2.7 km	South
5 Estación de Valderrey	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	296 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	483 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	619 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 128 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villameca (2.2 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 4%, moderate high mountains: 96%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 207 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 34 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

25.6%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

55.4%

Viticulture

1.6 km2

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castrillo de las Piedras in country Spain

Castrillo de las Piedras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	64 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	106 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	109 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valdería-Jamuz	ES	13 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riego de la Vega

Type of weather in Riego de la Vega	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	36 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam