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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8183,Lat: 42.4196
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	21:02:54pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sanxenxo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Cachada	0.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Fontoira	1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pedreiras	1.5 km	North
4 Dadín	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Padriñán	2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	410 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	487 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	762 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction South).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 28.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 44.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 62 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 85%, hill: 6%, 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 26 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

32.5%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

2 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

53.9%

Urban area

3.4 km2

5.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forxán in country Spain

Forxán 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	112 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Complexo intermareal Umia - O Grove, A Lanzada, punta Carreirón e lagoa Bodeira	ES	3.4 km	North

Social media - Maps

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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam