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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.5719,Lat: 43.3863
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	21:28:12pm
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribadedeva

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Noriega	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Pimiango	2.5 km	East
3 Colombres	2.7 km	SouthEast
4 Villanueva	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Bustio	4.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	338 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	508 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	638 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Franca lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Cohilla (0.5 km² at a height of around 780 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 226 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 316 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 77%, hill: 15%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 316 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 61 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9 km2

17.7%

Nature

10.3 km2

20.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

58.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Franca in country Spain

La Franca 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	37 km	EastSouthEast
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	103 km	West
3 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	126 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría de Ribadesella-Ría de Tinamayor	ES	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribadedeva

Type of weather in Ribadedeva	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam