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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4068,Lat: 43.3423
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	21:35:50pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ampuero

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bernales	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ampuero	0.7 km	NorthWest
3 Tabernilla	1.2 km	West
4 Rocillo	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 El Camino	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	324 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	414 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	658 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction North).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 del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 51.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 131.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 184 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 45%, hill: 48%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 270 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 35 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.4 km2

42.5%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

31 km2

39.5%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Bárcena in country Spain

La Bárcena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	32 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	58 km	WestNorthWest
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	108 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Asón	ES	0.9 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ampuero

Type of weather in Ampuero	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam