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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9822,Lat: 42.1978
Elevation	812 meter above sea level
Local time	11:15:47am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castrocalbón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Félix de la Valdería	3 km	West
2 Felechares de la Valdería	5.1 km	West
3 San Esteban de Nogales	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Quintana y Congosto	7.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Jiménez de Jamuz	8.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	278 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	465 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	620 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 151 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Nuestra Señora de Argavanzal (3.4 km² at a height of around 787 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 54.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 4%, moderate high mountains: 96%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 216 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 51 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.9 km2

21.5%

Nature

21.4 km2

27.3%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

50.3%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castrocalbón in country Spain

Castrocalbón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	72 km	NorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	130 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	132 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valdería-Jamuz	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castrocalbón

Type of weather in Castrocalbón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam