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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9346,Lat: 43.2652
Elevation	98 meter above sea level
Local time	7:52:50am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santiurde de Toranzo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villasevil	1 km	South
2 Corvera	1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Escobedo	2.3 km	East
4 Penilla	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Aés	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	316 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	455 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	661 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 174.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 244 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 35%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 310 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 20 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18 km2

22.9%

Nature

15.6 km2

19.8%

Agriculture

44.1 km2

56.1%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Iruz in country Spain

Iruz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	20 km	NorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	75 km	East
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	105 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.5 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Iruz

Type of weather in Iruz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam