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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5332,Lat: 42.2103
Elevation	731 meter above sea level
Local time	7:54:44am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villaornate y Castro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villaornate	3.2 km	SouthWest
2 Algadefe	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Toral de los Guzmanes	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Villamandos	6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Villademor de la Vega	7.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	254 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	488 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	583 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 142 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Barillos (1.2 km² at a distance of 38.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 86.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly western 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 250 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 43 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.6 km2

12.3%

Agriculture

68.4 km2

87.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castrofuerte in country Spain

Castrofuerte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	106 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	131 km	North
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	138 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Esla y afluentes	ES	0.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castrofuerte

Type of weather in Castrofuerte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam