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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7169,Lat: 42.2167
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	21:14:30pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Viloura	0.4 km	SouthWest
2 Freixeiro	0.6 km	NorthWest
3 A Costa	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Salgueira	0.7 km	North
5 Pazó	0.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	388 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	470 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	738 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 20 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 73%, hill: 23%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

20.2%

Agriculture

10.9 km2

16.6%

Urban area

38.7 km2

58.9%

Infrastructure

2.4 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laxe in country Spain

Laxe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	75 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	79 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	93 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	6.9 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vigo

Type of weather in Vigo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam