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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.6539,Lat: 42.113
Elevation	625 meter above sea level
Local time	3:26:22am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sarreaus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cortegada	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Piñeira Seca	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Perrelos	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 A Pena	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Sarreaus	5.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	385 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	394 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	693 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 82 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chandrexa de Queixa (2.7 km² at a height of around 824 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 23 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 97%, moderate high mountains: 3%, 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 108 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 82 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

20.1 km2

25.5%

Agriculture

58.5 km2

74.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Folgoso in country Spain

Folgoso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	82 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	86 km	WestSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	91 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
A Limia	ES	0.8 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cortegada

Type of weather in Cortegada	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam