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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.1868,Lat: 39.782
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	7:00:59am
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Castellón/Castelló
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chilches

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Llosa	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Playa de Chilches	3 km	SouthEast
3 La Torre	3.4 km	East
4 Moncofa	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Almenara	4.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	308 km	WestNorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	333 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	602 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: Turia, Millars, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Sitjar (2.8 km² at a height of around 167 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 321.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 450 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 33%, low location: 67%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 168 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Valencia Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Nature

5.8 km2

8.4%

Agriculture

54.6 km2

79.5%

Urban area

6.2 km2

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chilches/Xilxes in country Spain

Chilches/Xilxes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	38 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	73 km	West
3 Mudejar Architecture of Aragon	Spain	101 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marjal i Estanys d'Almenara	ES	1.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chilches

Type of weather in Chilches	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam