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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.3106,Lat: 38.8436
Elevation	321 meter above sea level
Local time	13:00:22pm
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorcha/Orxa, l'

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alpatró	5 km	SouthEast
2 Aielo de Rugat	5.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Terrateig	5.7 km	North
4 Montitxelvo/Montichelvo	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rugat	6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	341 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	433 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	533 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Beniarrés (2.5 km² at a height of around 320 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 423.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 593 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 49%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Valencia Airport (at a distance of 73 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

62 km2

78.9%

Agriculture

14.5 km2

18.4%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lorcha/L'Orxa in country Spain

Lorcha/L'Orxa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	70 km	North
2 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	73 km	SouthWest
3 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	123 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra de la Safor	ES	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Beniarrés

Type of weather in Beniarrés	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam