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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2758,Lat: 42.7283
Elevation	1059 meter above sea level
Local time	4:00:02am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Igüeña

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quintana de Fuseros	5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Boeza	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Pobladura de las Regueras	5.2 km	SouthEast
4 Tremor de Arriba	5.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Folgoso de la Ribera	10 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	338 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	501 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	641 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 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 Matalavilla (1.8 km² at a height of around 960 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Catatoute with a height of 2111 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 87.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 123 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 87%, high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 176 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 53 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47 km2

59.8%

Nature

24.4 km2

31.1%

Agriculture

3.7 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Igüeña in country Spain

Igüeña at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	49 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	69 km	North
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	78 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Omaña	ES	5.2 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Igüeña

Type of weather in Igüeña	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam