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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.7922,Lat: 43.0293
Elevation	494 meter above sea level
Local time	12:33:06pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Lugo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Friol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 As Pardellas	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Urbanización Os Alargos	14.4 km	East
3 Urbanización O Salete	15.1 km	East
4 A Pobra de Parga	15.3 km	North
5 Santa Isabel	15.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	452 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	489 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	766 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Belesar (Encoro de Belesar) (15.6 km² at a height of around 331 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 102.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 46%, low mountains: 54%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 57 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.9 km2

17.7%

Nature

15.1 km2

19.2%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Friol in country Spain

Friol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	20 km	EastSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	63 km	West
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	64 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Parga - Ladra - Támoga	ES	1.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Friol

Type of weather in Friol	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam