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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4101,Lat: 42.0198
Elevation	1019 meter above sea level
Local time	14:45:48pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Burgos
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Contreras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cascajares de la Sierra	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Barbadillo del Mercado	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hortigüela	5.5 km	North
4 Santo Domingo de Silos	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 La Revilla	6.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	178 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	411 km	East
3 Lisboa	Portugal	603 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 148 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Pisuerga, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Arlanzón (1.3 km² at a height of around 1143 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 196.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 275 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 99%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 172 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Burgos Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.6 km2

56.8%

Nature

13.2 km2

16.9%

Agriculture

18.1 km2

23.1%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Contreras in country Spain

Contreras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	41 km	North
2 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	43 km	NorthNorthWest
3 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	56 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sabinares del Arlanza - ZEPA	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Contreras

Type of weather in Contreras	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	29 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam