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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.5204,Lat: 42.6178
Elevation	703 meter above sea level
Local time	11:17:41am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Congosto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Almázcara	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 San Miguel de las Dueñas	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Cubillos del Sil	3.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Villaverde de Los Cestos	4.2 km	SouthEast
5 Calamocos	4.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	343 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	481 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	661 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 103 km (direction North).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 Bárcena (9 km² at a height of around 624 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 72.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 159 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 71 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.2%

Nature

20.6 km2

26.3%

Agriculture

20.9 km2

26.6%

Viticulture

4.7 km2

5.9%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

9 km2

11.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Congosto in country Spain

Congosto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	80 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	96 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	ES	16 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Congosto

Type of weather in Congosto	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam