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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.5995,Lat: 42.5641
Elevation	514 meter above sea level
Local time	8:42:18am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponferrada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Columbrianos	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ponferrada	1.6 km	South
3 Santo Tomás de las Ollas	2 km	SouthEast
4 Cuatrovientos	2.1 km	West
5 San Andrés de Montejos	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	343 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	473 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	668 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 109 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Fuente del Azufre (0.4 km² at a height of around 544 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 15.7 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 65.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 89%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 78 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.3 km2

18.2%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

20.9 km2

26.6%

Viticulture

13.2 km2

16.8%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.8%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Compostilla in country Spain

Compostilla at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	17 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	87 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	93 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	ES	7.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponferrada

Type of weather in Ponferrada	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam