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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0297,Lat: 43.5259
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	2:26:31am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castropol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Figueras	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Ribadeo	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 Os Galos	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Vilar	3.1 km	NorthWest
5 Carretera	3.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	446 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	558 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	708 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Doiras (3.6 km² at a height of around 109 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 170.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 239 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 88%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 132 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 80 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

31.5%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

2.8 km2

Agriculture

35.6 km2

51%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

6.4 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castropol in country Spain

Castropol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	54 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	71 km	SouthWest
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	98 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría del Eo	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castropol

Type of weather in Castropol	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam