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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8839,Lat: 43.3195
Elevation	167 meter above sea level
Local time	16:06:03pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa María de Cayón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Cueva	1.3 km	West
2 La Encina	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Argomilla	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Sarón	2.4 km	East
5 La Abadilla	2.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	321 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	452 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	667 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 11 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 26.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 170.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 238 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 68%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 3%, 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 303 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 13 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.4 km2

31.1%

Nature

9.2 km2

11.7%

Agriculture

41.2 km2

52.5%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Penilla in country Spain

La Penilla 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	WestNorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	70 km	East
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	109 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa María de Cayón

Type of weather in Santa María de Cayón	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam