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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.142,Lat: 42.1078
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	9:24:29am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Escala, L'

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Camp Dels Pilans	2.4 km	East
2 Albons	4.8 km	West
3 Bellcaire D'empordà	4.8 km	SouthWest
4 La Bolleria-Sobrestany	5.8 km	South
5 Viladamat	6.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	141 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	393 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	600 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

L'escala lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lago de Bañolas (Estany de Banyoles) (1 km² at a distance of 31.7 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 35.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 126 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 39 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.2 km2

17.2%

Nature

15.3 km2

28.6%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

41.9%

Urban area

6.1 km2

11.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of L'escala in country Spain

L'escala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	112 km	SouthWest
2 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	113 km	SouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	135 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
El Montgrí- Les Medes - El Baix Ter	ES	0.7 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB L'escala
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at els Riells

Type of weather in els Riells	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam