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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6886,Lat: 42.704
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	18:36:22pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ferreirós	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Moldes	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 O Forno	1 km	SouthEast
4 Beiro	1 km	South
5 Vigo	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	442 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	492 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	786 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 71.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 71%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.3 km2

51.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

33.4 km2

42.5%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laxes in country Spain

Laxes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	23 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	79 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	98 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sistema fluvial Ulla - Deza	ES	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dodro

Type of weather in Dodro	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam