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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2551,Lat: 43.5693
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	20:52:17pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Lugo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Foz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marzán	1 km	NorthWest
2 Vilaxuane	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 San Bartolo	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Mañente	2.6 km	SouthWest
5 San Cosme	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	461 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	557 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	727 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Foz lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Doiras (3.6 km² at a height of around 109 meter above sea level) at a distance of 39.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 174 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 244 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 88%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northern 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 119 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 95 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.1 km2

38%

Wet nature

2.1 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

55.3%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foz in country Spain

Foz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	66 km	SouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	73 km	SouthEast
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	95 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría de Foz	ES	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Foz
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Foz

Type of weather in Foz	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam