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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1902,Lat: 42.1842
Elevation	906 meter above sea level
Local time	20:15:14pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castrocontrigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nogarejas	4.2 km	East
2 Torneros de la Valdería	5.5 km	NorthWest
3 Cubo de Benavente	7.1 km	South
4 Justel	9.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Molezuelas de la Carballeda	11.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	289 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	454 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	637 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 152 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 21.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Teleno with a height of 2188 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 200 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 56 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

40%

Nature

16 km2

20.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

29.8 km2

38%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castrocontrigo in country Spain

Castrocontrigo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	58 km	NorthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	129 km	North
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	134 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Órbigo y afluentes	ES	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castrocontrigo

Type of weather in Castrocontrigo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam