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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8235,Lat: 40.6
Elevation	776 meter above sea level
Local time	5:02:38am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Salamanca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fuentes de Oñoro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nuevo Poblado	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Fuentes de Oñoro	1.3 km	SouthEast
3 Vilar Formoso	1.6 km	NorthWest
4 Freineda	6.2 km	West
5 La Alameda de Gardón	7.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	268 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	284 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	511 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 152 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Maria de Aguiar (1.9 km² at a height of around 619 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.7 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 174 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 92 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.3 km2

27.1%

Nature

22.3 km2

28.4%

Agriculture

31.7 km2

40.3%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colonia de la Estacion in country Spain

Colonia de la Estacion at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	17 km	EastNorthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	100 km	NorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	105 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Campo de Azaba - ZEPA	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 Vilar Formoso

Type of weather in Vilar Formoso	clear sky
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam