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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9924,Lat: 43.5461
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	8:30:34am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castrillón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vegarrozadas	0.9 km	North
2 Las Bárzanas	1 km	SouthEast
3 Valboniel	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 El Castru	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Piedrasblancas	2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	398 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	592 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	625 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 3 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 de la Granda (0.6 km² at a height of around 31 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 181.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 83%, hill: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 208 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 4 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29 km2

39.8%

Nature

1.6 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

36.5 km2

50.1%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.6%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Braña in country Spain

La Braña at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	41 km	WestSouthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	135 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo Busto-Luanco	ES	3.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castrillón

Type of weather in Castrillón	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam