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La Granja/El Cruce

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5447,Lat: 40.5194
Elevation	570 meter above sea level
Local time	11:29:27am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paracuellos de Jarama

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paracuellos de Jarama	3 km	SouthEast
2 Belvis del Jarama	4.8 km	North
3 Ajalvir	5.7 km	East
4 Los Berrocales del Jarama	5.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Cobeña	6.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	15 km	WestSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	476 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	505 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 299 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de El Pardo (5.3 km² at a height of around 631 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 253.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 355 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 5.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Nature

13.2 km2

16.8%

Agriculture

34.4 km2

43.8%

Urban area

9.4 km2

12%

Infrastructure

19.9 km2

25.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Granja/El Cruce in country Spain

La Granja/El Cruce at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	16 km	EastSouthEast
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	17 km	SouthWest
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	50 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuencas de los ríos Jarama y Henares	ES	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paracuellos de Jarama

Type of weather in Paracuellos de Jarama	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam