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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.1956,Lat: 42.5884
Elevation	591 meter above sea level
Local time	22:29:43pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Lugo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Folgoso do Courel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Seoane Do Courel	6.8 km	NorthEast
2 Salcedo	12.7 km	West
3 Pacios de Mondelo	13.5 km	SouthWest
4 San Xulián de Abaixo	13.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Quiroga	13.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	382 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	456 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	717 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 107 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 San Martín (Encoro de San Martiño) (3 km² at a height of around 296 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 66.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 55%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 106 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 91 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

17.3%

Nature

57 km2

72.6%

Agriculture

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Folgoso do Courel in country Spain

Folgoso do Courel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	38 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	56 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	104 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ancares - Courel	ES	0.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Folgoso do Courel

Type of weather in Folgoso do Courel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam