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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8106,Lat: 42.4127
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	6:17:58am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sanxenxo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Forxán	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Padriñán	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 A Cachada	1.4 km	North
4 Sanxenxo	1.4 km	South
5 Baltar	1.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	410 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	486 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	761 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fontoira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 87%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly western 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 62 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.4 km2

37.4%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

54.3%

Urban area

2.9 km2

5.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontoira in country Spain

Fontoira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	56 km	NorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	103 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	113 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sanxenxo

Type of weather in Sanxenxo	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam