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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7833,Lat: 42.58
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	19:31:25pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilagarcía de Arousa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Lagoa	0.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 O Piñeiro	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Sobradelo	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Vilaxoán	0.9 km	North
5 Vilaboa	1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	428 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	492 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	777 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Faxilde lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 60.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 90%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 46 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 41 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.2 km2

34.8%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

47.8%

Urban area

8.5 km2

15.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faxilde in country Spain

Faxilde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	38 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	94 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	111 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilagarcía de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilagarcía de Arousa	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam