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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5724,Lat: 42.5988
Elevation	839 meter above sea level
Local time	17:55:17pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	León

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrio de Pinilla	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Villaobispo de las Regueras	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Trobajo del Camino	3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Armunia	3 km	SouthWest
5 Oteruelo de la Valdoncina	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	290 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	520 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	584 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 101 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Selga de Ordas (0.7 km² at a height of around 964 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 107.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 151 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 236 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 6.9 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.9 km2

7.5%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

40.5 km2

51.7%

Urban area

24.6 km2

31.3%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of León in country Spain

León at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	88 km	North
2 Las Médulas	Spain	99 km	West
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	108 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Esla y afluentes	ES	4.7 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB León
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at León

Type of weather in León	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam